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To: Charles R who wrote (74653)	10/8/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572795

That really sucks as the FIC is the most widely available Mutha'board for the Athlon. 700 Mhz Athlons available here. nvo.com These Taiwan motherboard makers are pathetic. AMD makes them a prototype chipset and motherboard and they still can't get it right. Now I know why Intel makes their own motherboards.

To: Charles R who wrote (74653)	10/8/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572795

<"After talking with FIC, they've let us know that their SD-11 motherboard is incompatible with AMD's Athlon 650 processor"> "Incompatible"? ... Translation: we (FIC) cannot afford to spent extra 50c for better MOSFET switches in our on-board power supply, therefore our PS sucks and can't hold extra two amps for higher frequency processors.... Workaround: Skip 650 and wait for 700+ true 0.18 Athlons :)

To: Charles R who wrote (74653)	10/9/1999 1:22:00 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572795

Re: negative news from Anand's site... doubtful I saw no such post on either Anand's site nor GamePC's site. And that post was sourced to GamePC - aren't those the guys that thought coppermine is .25 and runs at 533MHZ and 600MHZ? Athlons require a high current power supply that can support summed +3 and +5 volts to 150 watts. Not all 300 watt power supplies qualify for this, some 250 watt power supplies do. If you use the wrong power supply, you can have problems. The power supply requirements are very clearly posted on AMD's website. FIC doesn't have a problem, if GamePC is actually making such claims, then it's because GamPC doesn't know how to configure a PC. The supposed comment from FIC was almost certainly a lie. The SD-11 is certified to run at 650 by AMD, and they've been damn careful in their testing. Dan