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To: 44magnumpower who wrote (8224)	11/4/2000 2:25:33 PM
From: 44magnumpower	Respond to of 14451

AMD760 chipset. The new revision of the AMD760 chipset was supposed to be completed this week, and manufacturers were supposed to get the new revision on Monday. Some manufacturers are shipping boards based upon the last revision, which has some heat issues requiring massive heatsinks. This has supposedly been corrected in the new revision, so there are other manufacturers who have decided to wait. This, I believe, is what caused the confusion on the part of the reporter from The Register. Gigabyte apparently was the one who reported the heat problem, and decided to wait. EPoX also decided to wait. I believe FIC decided to wait also. They all are aware of the heat problem, but consider it 'old news' because it was reported and fixed already... In other words, the AMD760 works fine, but some of the very first motherboards with an early revision might need some good cooling and a well ventilated case.