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Nov 01, 2016
Socket 939 replacement for dying Asus A8V-Deluxe
The GA-K8NS Ultra-939 arrived clean and fully functional in every important way. There are two slightly bulging voltage regulator capacitors but they aren't dead yet and haven't leaked. There was no port cutout included, but neither was one advertised. The line out audio jack is dead, but it is easy to reassign line out to a different port with software so no problem. Silicon Image website has an updated Win7 driver for the 3512 RAID chip. Additional drivers from a reputable third party (who even provides a certificate) are available as 'Fernandos Special 64bit nForce3-4 LEGACY Driverpack for Win7-10 x64 v10.3'. The Silicon Image SiI3512 chip is not fully compatible with the Via VT8237 chip on the Asus A8V-Deluxe but this didn't matter as the drives in that array held no unrecoverable data. The extended partition on the boot HD was not recognized by the nForce3 chip, but that HD was Full Disk Encrypted with TrueCrypt 7.1a and I don't know whether that failure had anything to do with the chipsets. The boot partition was recognized and no data was lost. A much more recent BIOS (F11k vs F5) was available from the Gigabyte website and improved performance. A different SATA HD with a new Win7 Ultimate 64-bit install using VeraCrypt 1.19 64-bit Full Disk Encryption recovered all needed data from original boot partition on HD used as boot with Asus A8V board, but as mentioned the extended partition was not recognized; likely a bug in TrueCrypt 7.1a exposed by the situation. Performance would likely be further improved using a SSD but given the role of this replacement system, that is not necessary. System paired with components from Asus A8V-based system: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ CPU, nVidia GeForce 7800 GS 256MB AGP video, three old Maxtor SATA HDs (1x400GB; 2x200GB), Plextor PX-W5224A CD-R, Asus DRW-2014L1T DVDR, 4GB DDR RAM, and a replacement Realtek PCI GBE NIC (the onboard Marvell Yukon GBE is functional but a little flaky on sustained large file operations [I seem to recall this was a Known Thing]), powered by a Corsair 540-watt modular PSU, yields a 'Windows Experience Index' of 3.3, not bad for such old hardware. In general the GA-K8NS Ultra-939 was geared more toward hobbyists than the Asus A8V-Deluxe, and offers more tweakable features than the Asus. I am grateful to the seller for pulling, testing, and taking care of such venerable old hardware, which still has potentially years of good service in the undemanding role this system fulfills. That function includes serial-port monitoring of UPS units, and occasional UltraVNC access to client systems in the field for WinOS support in this otherwise all-linux shop.
Feb 28, 2018
Replace Missing SSD in Lenovo B590 as Shipped from Factory
The Lenovo B590 was shipped from the factory without the 16GB SSD, with only one (sub-par) antenna and wire, and with four missing internal screws. (Dual used antenna kit purchased and installed; it was of much higher quality and range.) There were no visible signs that any other tech had ever been inside this notebook. Apparently there were severe slipstream cost-cutting measures in the production line. This 16GB SSD fit and works perfectly, although it is of limited use with (linux) Full Disk Encryption because it is not available to the system until post-boot, where the cryptsetup open and mount /dev/mapper commands must be entered. A good place to store some backup info.
Nov 02, 2015
Breathe New Life Into Old But Functional System
Though I don't use WinOS for anything personal, I require at least one WinOS system to support my paying clients, so I can see what they can see. This system need not be fancy or powerful, just functional and fast enough to be usable. This AMD Athlon 64 x2 4400+ 2.2 GHz Socket 939 CPU was available for a fantastic price, and paired with an Asus A8V-Deluxe mainboard, GeForce 7800 GS 256 and 4GB RAM, it runs Win 7 Ultimate SP1 with a 4.9 Windows Experience Index. The original Athlon 64 3200+ single-core CPU gave a nearly unusable 2.9 WEI. The CPU upgrade definitely resurrected the system.