The hardware description is as follows :
Main PC: (WinXP pro SP2)
Mainboard : Asus A8V rev 1.02, BIOS 1.18beta, socket 939, 4x SATA, 3x PATA, 6x USB2.0, 1x 1394, GB lan, 6 channel Via sound | ![]() |
Athlon64-X2 S939 4200+ @2200MHz, 1GHz CPU bus, Cool & Quiet | ![]() |
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Graphics board : Club3D 7800GS AGP | ![]() |
Specifications:
256MB GDDR3 memory - 256BIT memory interface 275MHz Core / 600Mhz mem / 400MHz RAMDAC 16 DirectX® 9.0 pixel-pipelines, 8 Shaders AGP 8x VertexShaders 3.0 / PixelShaders 3.0 |
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2048 MB : 2x 1024 MB PC3200 CL2.5 MDT DDR ram | ![]() |
CPU cooler : Zalman CNPS7700Cu Silent heatsink with 900-1900 RPM fan | ![]() |
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Creative Soundblaster Audigy2 ZX | ![]() |
Seagate 160G Baracuda 7200.7 SATA ST3160023AS | ![]() |
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2x Seagate 200G Baracuda 7200.7 SATA, ST3200822AS | ![]() |
Seagate 300G Baracuda 7200.8 SATA ST3200831AS | ![]() |
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5 port gigabit Ethernet switch : 3COM 3C1670500 officeconnect, gigabit switch. |
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Iiyama E2200WS-B 22inch LCD widescreen monitor 1680x1050 (DVI + DSUB) | ![]() | |
Scanner : Hewlett Packard Scanjet 4200C (USB) | ![]() |
Printer : Hewlett Packard Deskjet 970cxi (USB) | ![]() |
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DVD player : Pioneer DVDrom DVD-106 40x/16x Slot in model. | ![]() |
DVD writer : BenQ DW1620 (16x/4x/40x, DL 2,4x) | ![]() |
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Logitech Z2300 (2.1) | ![]() |
Microsoft Forcefeedback wheel (USB) | ![]() |
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Thomson/Alcatel speedtouch 546i ADSL modem for ADSL2+ over ISDN | ![]() |
Sitecom external USB hub (1 up / 4 down) | ![]() |
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Etech Bullet 56K V90 internal modem PCI, hardware modem/ Rockwell/conexant rsh chip | ![]() |
Zalman ZM460APS 460W power supply | ![]() |
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Midi tower Lian LI PC7, aluminium, 3 silent case fans | ![]() |
KPN Smartvox basic ISDN modem (external, USB) | ||
Noname joystick | Logitec optical mouse | 3.5" floppy drive | Compaq keyboard |
Running WinXPpro SP2
You can find a lot of Asus motherboard users on usenet in the asus motherboard news group
Second PC : used as router and webserver running on linux slackware 10.2 :
Check phpsysinfo
Linux Slackware 10.2 kernel 2.4.31 with iptables firewall
Third PC : used as fileserver and streaming media server running on win XP SP2 :
Midi tower Lian LI PC60+, aluminium, 3 silent case fans + Lian Li 4in3 harddisk module | ![]() |
Athlon64 3000+ S939 Venice Core | ![]() |
1024MB Memory (MDT 2x 512MB CL2.5) | ![]() |
Asus A8N VM CSM micro ATX board with nvidia Nforce 430 chipset | ![]() |
Harddisks (10 disks) :
total 3.8 TeraByte :) |
1x Seagate ATA 200G 7200.7 1x Western Digital ATA 320G 4x Samsung SATA2 500G HD501LJ 4x Seagate SATA2 320G Barracuda 7200.10 |
Iiyama A902MT 19inch flat screen monitor with USB hub and speakers | ![]() |
Highpoint RocketRaid 2300 (PCI-E 1x single lane) 4x SATA2 interface | ![]() |
Powersupply Coolermaster iGreen power 430 | ![]() |
NEC ND3550 DVD writer | ![]() |
Labtec speakers | ![]() |
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To tweak the T2P4 motherboard a lot of info can be found on Kalle's page that I copied from Kalle
With thanks to tomshardware for several of the pictures shown here.