Need Help and Advice with Upgrades

bill94 · 12-08-2007, 12:02 AM

Installing New Seagate SATA HD and AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ 939

I want to add my new
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s as my Primary Drive With The Operating System SATA Only, no RAID.

I would like to know if i can format, test, and partition it with the 2 PATA Hard drives still installed and later use my existing Seagate 500 GB PATA drive as a second hard drive. At some point I plan to convert it to SATA connectors with an Addonics IDE - Serial ATA Converter if possible or advisable to ease the cable frenzy knowing it will still be ATA\100.

My board and bios does support SATA, And the 64 X2 CPU, I did read the guide about replacing X2 CPU's and I am going to do a fresh install of XP PRO SP2 on the new Seagate SATA hd when I install the New
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 939 MANCHESTER Dual-Core CPU.

My current power supply (not my choice) is an Ultra X-Finity 600 Watt with
# NVIDIA SLI Ready
# 120mm Fan
# Meets ATX Version 2.2, v1.3, and ATX 12V Version 2.2 Specifications SATA connectors

My old CPU was getting hot so I have an aftermarket Coolermaster cooler on it and I plan to use it with this CPU knowing to just use a bb size amount of ARCTIC SILVER 5 HIGH DENSITY THERMAL COMPOUND.

I currently have:

Computer:
Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+ 939

Motherboard
Biostar N4SLI-A9 (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI, AMD Hammer

System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

BIOS Type Award (09/27/06)

Display:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon X1050 Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon X1050 (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X1050 (RV370)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Sound Card

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive

Hard Disk Drives
SAMSUNG SP1203N (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) primary
SEAGATE ST3500630A (500 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) secondary

Optical Drive
SONY CD-RW CRX320E (DVD:16x, CD:52x/32x/52x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

Optical Drive
SONY DVD RW DW-D26A (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:16x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 40005 MB (29447 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 35495 MB (6587 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 38993 MB (6046 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 158720 MB (15828 MB free)
G: (NTFS) 158720 MB (24963 MB free)
H: (NTFS) 159496 MB (16310 MB free)
Total Size 577.6 GB (96.9 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)

Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG
DMI System Manufacturer snc302eeh
DMI System UUID F333E04C-E000FFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF DMI Motherboard Manufacturer
DMI Motherboard Product NF-CK804
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case
DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 4 / 2

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge AMD Hammer IMC
Supported Memory Types DDR-200 SDRAM, DDR-266 SDRAM, DDR-333 SDRAM, DDR-400 SDRAM
Revision 00
In-Order Queue Depth 8

Memory Controller:
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Dual Channel (128-bit)

Memory Timings:
CAS Latency (CL) 3T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 8T
Row Cycle Time (tRC) 11T
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 14T
Command Rate (CR) 2T
RAS To RAS Delay (tRRD) 2T
Write Recovery Time (tWR) 3T
Read To Write Delay (tRTW) 4T
Write To Read Delay (tWTR) 2T
Write CAS Latency (tWCL) 1T
Refresh Period (tREF) 200 MHz 7.8 us
DQS Skew Control Disabled
DRAM Drive Strength Normal
DRAM Data Drive Strength 4 (No Reduction)
Max Async Latency 7 ns
Read Preamble Time 5.5 ns
Idle Cycle Limit 16
Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter Enabled
Read/Write Queue Bypass 8
Bypass Max 4
32-byte Granularity Disabled

Error Correction:
ECC Supported, Disabled
ChipKill ECC Supported, Disabled
RAID Not Supported
DRAM Scrub Rate Disabled
L1 Data Cache Scrub Rate Disabled
L2 Cache Scrub Rate Disabled

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)

[ South Bridge: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI (CK8-04) ]

South Bridge Properties:
South Bridge nVIDIA nForce4 SLI (CK8-04)
Revision A3
Process Technology 0.13 um

PCI Express Controller:
PCI-E x16 port #0 In Use @ x16 (Sapphire Radeon X1050 Video Adapter)
PCI-E x1 port #1 Empty
PCI-E x1 port #2 Empty
PCI-E x2 port #3 Empty

Clock Generator:
CPU FSB 200.9 MHz
HyperTransport 1004.6 MHz
PCI 33.5 MHz
PCI Express 100.0 MHz
MAC PHY 125.0 MHz
SATA PHY 99.8 MHz
Audio/Modem Codec 24.6 MHz
USB2 Controller 48.0 MHz
PIT / ACPI Timer 14.3 MHz

Many Thanks In Advance.....

12-08-2007, 12:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
bill94 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 21 OS: XP PRO	Need Help and Advice with Upgrades Installing New Seagate SATA HD and AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ 939 I want to add my new Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s as my Primary Drive With The Operating System SATA Only, no RAID. I would like to know if i can format, test, and partition it with the 2 PATA Hard drives still installed and later use my existing Seagate 500 GB PATA drive as a second hard drive. At some point I plan to convert it to SATA connectors with an Addonics IDE - Serial ATA Converter if possible or advisable to ease the cable frenzy knowing it will still be ATA\100. My board and bios does support SATA, And the 64 X2 CPU, I did read the guide about replacing X2 CPU's and I am going to do a fresh install of XP PRO SP2 on the new Seagate SATA hd when I install the New AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 939 MANCHESTER Dual-Core CPU. My current power supply (not my choice) is an Ultra X-Finity 600 Watt with # NVIDIA SLI Ready # 120mm Fan # Meets ATX Version 2.2, v1.3, and ATX 12V Version 2.2 Specifications SATA connectors My old CPU was getting hot so I have an aftermarket Coolermaster cooler on it and I plan to use it with this CPU knowing to just use a bb size amount of ARCTIC SILVER 5 HIGH DENSITY THERMAL COMPOUND. I currently have: Computer: Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Motherboard: CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+ 939 Motherboard Biostar N4SLI-A9 (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394) Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI, AMD Hammer System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award (09/27/06) Display: Video Adapter ATI Radeon X1050 Secondary (256 MB) Video Adapter ATI Radeon X1050 (256 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X1050 (RV370) Multimedia: Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Sound Card Storage: IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Hard Disk Drives SAMSUNG SP1203N (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) primary SEAGATE ST3500630A (500 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) secondary Optical Drive SONY CD-RW CRX320E (DVD:16x, CD:52x/32x/52x DVD-ROM/CD-RW) Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DW-D26A (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:16x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW) SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions: C: (NTFS) 40005 MB (29447 MB free) D: (NTFS) 35495 MB (6587 MB free) E: (NTFS) 38993 MB (6046 MB free) F: (NTFS) 158720 MB (15828 MB free) G: (NTFS) 158720 MB (24963 MB free) H: (NTFS) 159496 MB (16310 MB free) Total Size 577.6 GB (96.9 GB free) Input: Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint) Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller DMI: DMI BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG DMI System Manufacturer snc302eeh DMI System UUID F333E04C-E000FFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF DMI Motherboard Manufacturer DMI Motherboard Product NF-CK804 DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 4 / 2 North Bridge Properties: North Bridge AMD Hammer IMC Supported Memory Types DDR-200 SDRAM, DDR-266 SDRAM, DDR-333 SDRAM, DDR-400 SDRAM Revision 00 In-Order Queue Depth 8 Memory Controller: Type Dual Channel (128-bit) Active Mode Dual Channel (128-bit) Memory Timings: CAS Latency (CL) 3T RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T RAS Active Time (tRAS) 8T Row Cycle Time (tRC) 11T Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 14T Command Rate (CR) 2T RAS To RAS Delay (tRRD) 2T Write Recovery Time (tWR) 3T Read To Write Delay (tRTW) 4T Write To Read Delay (tWTR) 2T Write CAS Latency (tWCL) 1T Refresh Period (tREF) 200 MHz 7.8 us DQS Skew Control Disabled DRAM Drive Strength Normal DRAM Data Drive Strength 4 (No Reduction) Max Async Latency 7 ns Read Preamble Time 5.5 ns Idle Cycle Limit 16 Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter Enabled Read/Write Queue Bypass 8 Bypass Max 4 32-byte Granularity Disabled Error Correction: ECC Supported, Disabled ChipKill ECC Supported, Disabled RAID Not Supported DRAM Scrub Rate Disabled L1 Data Cache Scrub Rate Disabled L2 Cache Scrub Rate Disabled Memory Slots: DRAM Slot #1 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) DRAM Slot #2 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) [ South Bridge: nVIDIA nForce4 SLI (CK8-04) ] South Bridge Properties: South Bridge nVIDIA nForce4 SLI (CK8-04) Revision A3 Process Technology 0.13 um PCI Express Controller: PCI-E x16 port #0 In Use @ x16 (Sapphire Radeon X1050 Video Adapter) PCI-E x1 port #1 Empty PCI-E x1 port #2 Empty PCI-E x2 port #3 Empty Clock Generator: CPU FSB 200.9 MHz HyperTransport 1004.6 MHz PCI 33.5 MHz PCI Express 100.0 MHz MAC PHY 125.0 MHz SATA PHY 99.8 MHz Audio/Modem Codec 24.6 MHz USB2 Controller 48.0 MHz PIT / ACPI Timer 14.3 MHz Many Thanks In Advance.....