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Which Intel chip do I have?

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:56:55 GMT

Well the Board ID utility returned a " No Intel Desktop Board Detected" - which seems odd.

the Intel Processpr ID Utility returned with info that did not seem to help.

Given the above web site (http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/sb/CS-009270.htm) from that list - to me, my board is not listed. So it seems contracdictory to the ASUS driver update page.

Intel X25-M G1 80GB SSD hangs/freezes in Windows 7

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:48:50 GMT

I have this problem on a Win 7 32 bit install with a g2 drive. Any update or comment from intel?

trouble shoot DP43TF POST Problem

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:31:48 GMT

Thanks for the reply,

Memory speed is not the issue. I built my original computer (780i SLI) with precisly matched components. SLI ready memory, all speeds (FSB, Memory) matching each other.

Faster memory will throttle down to match lesser mobo speeds. Not the other way around. The (DDR2 capable) DP43TF which has a comparable speed. The machine i tested the memory on last night had a mobo that was, in fact, slower than either machine i have and it worked perfectly.

The issue is that it will not complete the most basic initial POST to get to the BIOS settings on either machine.

If i had tons of equipment laying around i could isolate the problem. I could swap out the power supply, I could put the microprocessor in another computer.

I can't do this, so i am running blind in a manner of speaking.

I am looking, or hoping rather, that someone out there has had a similar experience and can enlighten me on what, normally happens if a CPU goes bad or a power supply goes bad? What codes are produced? What anomolies have any of you seen. Can a CPU that has gone south for the Winter cause a consistent POST (memory not present)error with two different mobo's that have different BIOS chip sets?

I hope that clarifies my question a little more.

New DP43TF installation hangs

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:57:19 GMT

Just upgraded my computer with this board, new Intel Core2 Quad cpu, 550 Watt power supply, 2 x 2GB DDR2 ram, new, Seagate SATA 500GB hard drive and it just sits there at the Intel screen "<Bios settings: F2, Boot Menu F10> and a little square box with the code: B3. I looked up the meaning of the code, that it's "configuring" the media (hard drive). WELL, it's been over 2 hours and it's still at that screen. I cannot click F2 or F10 because it's obviously not recognizing my keyboard. Tried putting the board's CD in for it to read (even though it's supposedly outdated), but that's to no avail.

What the heck am I missing here??? Please HELP!!!

Ask a "Nehalem" Expert

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:04:07 GMT

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of Intel,

I need your help and knowledge for making a decision.
I'm going to buy a new workstation at Dell company within the next 4 weeks.
I will use it mainly with 3D applications Maya and Rhino.
It will be a dual processor workstation and uses one of the following processors:

x5570 or w5580.

I know about the basic technical differences:
x5570 2,93 GHz 95W
w5580 3,20 GHz 130W

But when reading technical forums it is often said, the x5570 is specified for server applications while the w5580 is made for workstation use.
So besides powerconsuming and clockspeed, are there any markable differences with the application running?
Will a x5570 handle Maya actions any different then a w5580 does?

Thank you for your help!

Regards,

Stefan

Where is the firmware update tool AND x-25m g2 hang/freeze

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:15:38 GMT

Firstly where is the firmware update tool? Its almost the end of the month.

Secondly i'm running a new system with Win 7 32 bit and an X-25m g2 as the boot up drive. Like many others I would like to know why I am having hangs/freezes of about 5 seconds regularly. Looking at these forums it appears the ssd is at fault. Can some from Intel address these issues please?

SSD Benefit In Digital Photo Professional?

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:02:15 GMT

Hi Davem,

Wow that's tiny! Oh, also thanks for those links. Some of them are new to me whereas others I've already passed through when researching the drive and comparisons. Yeah I figured if I got the 160 GB SSD that I'd put all my PS files on it, 3ds Max and all the texture sets, other photo tools, and anything else needing the horsepower to crunch through for work.

Thanks again and I'll keep an eye posted as to how your testing and install goes. Good luck and enjoy your drive!

Buying an overclocked i5?

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:53:40 GMT

I see there are many different overclocked I5's and i7's on sale.

And I wondered why anyone would buy these?

I'm especially looking at a core i5 750 normally running @2.66 which is brought up to 3.2 here.
They say they tested them on a 100% workload for 6 hours straight and say that it will work. Price is relatively cheap but the cooler is still the same.

So would you recommend buying one of those? Or would you say that chances are too high that this thing will be a wreck sooner or later, especially when you're planning to game for some hours straight?

Here's the link, if you're interested

http://cgi.ebay.de/4x3-2GHz-QUAD-Core-i5-P55-GigaPC-320G-4GB-DDR3-GTX-260_W0QQitemZ140361558713QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Technik_Computer_Peripherieger%C3%A4te_PC_Systeme?hash=item20ae336ab9

thanks guys

how can I increase endurance of X25-M by slightly lowering it's capacity?

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:51:51 GMT

TRIM works by removing that stale data that's left in the pages. With TRIM, deleting data actually results in pages getting erased, to avoid the delays involved in rewriting those pages in the future. It actually keeps the flash from getting full of old stale data.

Your partition needs TRIM because the filesystem is isolated from the physical drive. Without TRIM, the drive's controller doesn't actually know which pages are still holding valid data and which ones are holding data from files that have been deleted. It must retain them all, as it only knows that they all hold data.

However, the spare area is not partitioned at all. My assumption is that the controller knows this chunk of space can be erased once it's done being used. As soon as it's done acting as a temporary storage spot and the data has been saved to other flash chips, it can immediately erase those spare chips so they're ready for instant writing next time they're needed.

I'm going to use nice round numbers for an example, but you get the idea. If you were to completely fill up your 80GB SSD, then delete a 10GB file, you'd have 70GB of data, 10GB of free space with stale data in the pages, and 5GB of fresh spare area. Now if you write a new 5GB file to the drive, it should use the spare area. Now you have 75GB of data, 5GB of free space with stale data in the pages, and 5GB of spare area with stale data in the pages. If you were to immediately write another 5GB file, it would have no choice but to use pages that already had old data in them, and it would be slower due to having to cache-erase-rewrite to save the new data.

Let's do the same example with a slight change. You again completely fill up your 80GB SSD, then delete a 10GB file, giving you 70GB of data, 10GB of free space with stale data in the pages, and 5GB of fresh spare area. Again you write a new 5GB file to the drive, using the spare area. Once more you have 75GB of data, 5GB of free space with stale data in the pages, and 5GB of spare area with stale data in the pages. At this point, the controller can use the wear-leveling algorithm to remap the flash with the just-written 5GB of data as being part of the partition's space, and the 5GB of space that previously held those sectors is remapped as spare area. The controller knows that it just remapped that location to the other flash chip, so this flash chip's data isn't needed anymore and can be erased (making it ready for writing as soon as it's needed).

In the partitioned area, the controller doesn't know what's good data and what isn't, it just knows if there's a page of data written there. The spare area is handled by the controller and doesn't permanently store user data. Once the temporary data is saved in another flash chip, it no longer needs the first instance of the data so the original chip can be erased. That means that the controller can clean up after the first 5GB file is written, giving you 75GB of data, 5GB of free space with stale pages, and 5GB of fresh spare area. As long as you give it time to clean up and don't go beyond the amount of spare area available, it seems like it should be able to have the spare area fresh and ready for writing most of the time. It could get fragmented due to remapping, resulting in some operations needing a slower cache-erase-rewrite, but it should be able to keep a pretty good chunk of flash ready to be written. The larger your spare area, the more headroom you have for shifting things around.

Need Input! Which Should I Choose? Core 2 Duo T9900 or i7-820?

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:17:11 GMT

the fact that you dont game makes me lean towards recommending the i7 -- more cores = better for multitask

it is 300 more tho, thats alot....i hear i7s desktops can get hot, but only due to oc.

i have an i5 750 desktop and i love it, not that there is alot of overlap between desktop and notebook preformance

i had a dell xps 15 incher a while ago (ending up breaking down just after the warrenty was up, but it got pretty ******* hot, so you are right to be concerned about heat)

photoshop can eat up memory, but you have to be doing quiet a bit to fill up 4 gig, as such you probably wont go much past it even if u do. so i wud say let a page file handle the rest. i would take the difference between 4 gig and 8 gig and use it to finance the processor. or use the cash to upgrade the hd. i hear ssds are some of the best upgrades u can do for your machine, notebook or desktop, cant wait to try one out!

also be advised turbo boost disables cores...i think. it will oc 1 or 2 cores automatically to get a bit more clock speed out of the processor, but it does so by disabling the 3rd and 4th core...or something to that effect. so dont let the stats about turbo boost sway you into getting an i7.