The hardware description is as follows :
Main PC: (WinXP pro SP2)
Mainboard : Asus A8V rev 1.02, BIOS 1.06B, socket 939, 3x SATA, 3x PATA, 6x USB2.0, 1x 1394, GB lan, 6 channel Via sound | ![]() |
Athlon64 S939 3500+ @2200MHz, 1GHz CPU bus, Cool & Quiet | ![]() |
Graphics board : Club3D ATI Radeon9800se | ![]() |
With ATI radeon 9800SE, 4 pixel pipelines enabled, 325MHz Core / 600MHz memory | |
1024 MB : 2x 512 MB PC3200 CL2.5 MDT DDR ram | ![]() |
CPU cooler : Zalman CNPS7000Cu Silent heatsink with 1400-2300 RPM fan | ![]() |
Seagate 200G baracuda 7200.7 plus ATA, ST3200822A | ![]() |
Seagate 160G Baracuda 7200.7 plus SATA ST3160023AS | ![]() |
5 port gigabit Ethernet switch : 3COM 3C1670500 officeconnect, gigabit switch. |
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Iiyama A902MT 19inch flat screen monitor with USB hub and speakers | ![]() |
Scanner : Hewlett Packard Scanjet 4200C (USB) | ![]() |
Printer : Hewlett Packard Deskjet 970cxi (USB) | ![]() |
DVD player : Pioneer DVDrom DVD-106 40x/16x Slot in model. | ![]() |
DVD writer : Nec ND1300A (4x/2.4x/40x) | ![]() |
Labtec LCS 2612 speakerset with subwoofer | ![]() |
Microsoft Forcefeedback wheel (USB) | ![]() |
Alcatel speedtouch home ADSL modem for ADSL over ISDN | ![]() |
Sitecom external USB hub (1 up / 4 down) | ![]() |
Etech Bullet 56K V90 internal modem PCI, hardware modem/ Rockwell/conexant rsh chip | ![]() |
Zalman ZM400B power supply | ![]() |
Midi tower Lian LI PC7, aluminium, 3 silent case fans | ![]() |
KPN Smartvox basic ISDN modem (external, USB) | |
Noname joystick | Logitec optical mouse | 3.5" floppy drive | Compaq keyboard |
Running WinXPpro SP2
You can find a lot of Asus motherboard users on usenet in the asus motherboard news group
Second PC : used as router and webserver running on linux slackware 9.1 :
Linux Slackware 9.1 kernel 2.4.22 with ADSL4Linux
Previous motherboards/CPU combinations that I have used :![]() |
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To tweak the T2P4 motherboard a lot of info can be found on Kalle's page that I copied from Kalle
With thanks to tomshardware for several of the pictures shown here.