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russ it sounds like the version of xi you downloaded was currupted durring the download.

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... It was delivering the right voltage when I checked it with my probe, but it was smoking...

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Thank god someone pointed it out before it lead to trouble.

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AMD touts Barcelona, 45nm plans in the face of losses

By Jon Stokes | Published: May 04, 2007 - 12:21PM CT

The Inquirer has a report from an AMD shareholder meeting in which CEO Hector Ruiz reiterated that the company's long-known plans to move to 45nm in mid-2008 are still on track. Recall that AMD and IBM are fab partners at the 45nm node, so all of the recent hubbub around high-k dielectrics will benefit AMD directly. AMD's 65nm Dresden fab is currently transitioning to the new 45nm SOI process, and IBM's two fabs in NY will join it at that node. IBM and AMD will arrive at 45nm a few months behind Intel, with the latter company gearing up to bring its 45nm Penryn products to market later this year.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200...-of-losses.html
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Speaking of New York and fabs, AMD is wrapping up work on the initial design for its forthcoming Fab 4X in Malta, NY. The fab won't go online until sometime in 2009, and that's assuming that the company breaks ground on it relatively soon. And whether or not AMD starts building will probably depend on how their (currently troubled) financial outlook develops.

A process shrink isn't the only weapon that AMD will use in its fight to regain momentum and marketshare. Barcelona is still headed for a summer release, according to comments that AMD's Randy Allen made to InformationWeek. Allen also insisted that the ramp-up to quad core will happen at a similar pace to the ramp-up to dual core, which would put the company's shipments at a 50/50 dual-core/quad-core mix if they can pull it off. As tech pundits are fond of pointing out, Barcelona has to deliver the goods, and it's possible that it may. But it's going to face off against the 45nm Penryn from Intel, and judging by the preliminary performance numbers that Intel has released, Penryn is no slouch.

This summer's launch will also see the codenames Barcelona (server quad-core) and Agena (desktop quad-core) disappear in favor of a suite of new product name. A rumor cropped up last month on a Polish site, PClab.pl, that AMD would be ditching the venerable Athlon desktop brand name for a new Phenom (pronounced like "venom") mark. Dailytech just got more confirmation of this rumor, along with a product matrix for what AMD will be calling its "Stars" family of processors. There's no word yet on what, if anything, will replace the Opteron mark. For a listing of clockspeeds, socket types, TDPs, brand names, and other data, check out the slide at Dailytech.

After the new quad-core family is introduced, AMD will migrate it to the aforementioned 45nm process in mid-2008. The 45nm shrink will also see the introduction of an on-die DDR3 controller. Intel, on the other hand, will make the jump to DDR3 next week when they announce their new Bearlake chipset. Word is that the initial run of DDR3 won't be that impressive when put next to beefed-up DDR2 modules, so AMD's delay in moving to the new standard will be less significant than it may sound.

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Again, Intel is still ahead of the game. AMD going to 45...that's a funny thought. They still haven't caught up to the 65 or conroe and there is the Intel Quad core whoppin a-- on the Amd. If I were Amd investers, I would put my money on Intel.

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[quote]Again, Intel is still ahead of the game. AMD going to 45...that's a funny thought. They still haven't caught up to the 65 or conroe and there is the Intel Quad core whoppin a-- on the Amd. If I were Amd investers, I would put my money on Intel.

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[quote]Again, Intel is still ahead of the game. AMD going to 45...that's a funny thought. They still haven't caught up to the 65 or conroe and there is the Intel Quad core whoppin a-- on the Amd. If I were Amd investers, I would put my money on Intel.

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The GA-965P-DS3 is a kickin' piece of hardware and I won't let one bad board turn me off to the product.

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To be fair, BSODs on bootup and floppy components tends to suggest damage or DOA these days, I've never heard it being a regular occurrence, perhaps I just bought the better product.

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