[geeks] Gigabyte MB question

[Phil Stracchino]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> The questions - Has anyone ever used this MB before? Anyone have any
> feedback on Gigabyte MBs? and finally, any suggestions on a reasonable
> cooling solutions for this CPU/MB combo? (I would likely run
> everything stock clock, so no OC needs for exceptional cooling.)
> Thanks,

I believe you should be able to use the same cooler on that as I'm using
in my Athlon64 box, which is a Thermaltake Silent Max K8.  Assuming they
still make it, it's not an insane Xtr3m3 Gam0r bling cooler, it's
perfectly adequately effective (yeah, you might gain a degree or two by
going to a two-kilogram $150 Zalman, but so what?), and it really is
virtually silent.


Does that board have GigaByte's dual-BIOS feature?  If so, heed my
lesson:  DO NOT use the secondary BIOS as a backup BIOS.  Use it as a
TESTBED BIOS.  Make new BIOS updates to the secondary BIOS FIRST, make
sure the update is good and the machine is stable on the new BIOS, and
*only then* use the BIOS utility to copy the secondary BIOS to the primary.

This way, you always have a good primary BIOS image.  But if the primary
becomes badly corrupted, it will NOT necessarily "fail over" to the
secondary.


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