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To: DRBES who wrote (10881)	9/30/2000 1:18:14 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

DARBES, Re: BTY, the ASUS A7v with a Retail package Athlon 800 that I put together has been adopted by my wife and I have to build another one for me. IT IS GREAT!!!!! and fast as hell! You have said it all very well! I've been busy for the last couple of weeks adding some required new features to an SQL database program (and it's supporting utilities), and have already posted that my development machine is an 800 MHz Athlon A7V. The compiler runs on a IDE based C: drive (7200 RPM), while the all source code resides on a UDMA100 D: drive (7200 RPM). This 800 MHz Athlon/A7V is indeed "GREAT" and indeed "fast as hell". Allow me to illustrate by a personal example. One of the supporting utility programs (over 1 MB without debugging code) requires access to data on the 3 1/2 inch floppy (the data was placed there by the main database program for later importing and main database updating). Since the program "knows" to expect its data on the 3 1/2, it automatically looks for it when the program starts up and prompts the user it it is not found. Since the data is somewhat sensitive, the program will not terminate at close until the 3 1/2 inch floppy has been removed from the drive. The edit/compile/test cycle requires me to have the 3 1/2 inch floppy in the machine at program start and to have popped out of the drive an inch or so at program close. When I tell my compiler to "run" the program it must determine which module(s) must be re-compiled, re-compile them, re-link all modules, then launch the executable. All those steps happen so dammed fast that I barely have time to reach up a few inches and push the floppy diskette back in the drive and avoid my own "data diskette needed" prompt window! In addition, this machine is rock solid in terms of stability, I've not experienced ANY problems whatsoever, no hangups, no blue screens, just Smooth (tm-CrazyMan) Fast As Hell (tm-DARBES) Performance. This thing's a winner!!! Kindest regards, CrazyMan

To: DRBES who wrote (10881)	9/30/2000 3:33:28 PM
From: pawa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

RE: HELP!!! I don't know the price for the Yamaha 8824EZ, but I would recommend the Plextor 12/10/32A very fast and reliable (no more CD costers because of underruns). $259 at buy.com and it comes with good software for music, data, and Direct CD (i.e. a CD-RW can be used like a floppy disk). Also, if you want a little more performance go for the IBM Deskstar ATA/100 7200RPM 75GXP hard drive. It provides the best sustained throughput I've seen so far (37Mb/Sec). As for the A7V, I am a bit disappointed with the tech support. I am having trouble with Win2K and Multiple ATA/100 devices living with a CD-ROM. I went to their support forum and see a whole lot of bitching going on. Pawa

To: DRBES who wrote (10881)	9/30/2000 6:29:10 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

DRBES, When making CD copies it is important that there be no other tasks running. I would get off the internet and terminate any viruschecking program so that system is running the OS and the CD writer programs only. No virus monitors or resource meters or e-mail checkers, or time synchronisers etc. Anyone of these can distract the CPU to the point where it allows the buffer to empty.....buffer underun.....coaster time. In addition the faster you write the faster the buffer can empty, and give you the dreaded 'buffer underrun' The ideal system has windows 98SE or Windows ME and nothing else in addition the CD writer program. In that case you will be able to write at 8x with the special 8 X blanks with zero buffer underruns. Linux also has reliable CD copy stuff, if you are into linux. Do not use Win2K, many CD writers lack drivers for this OS. Bill