[sdiy] Using Cortex Mx Arms in Synth DIY

[BARRY KLEIN]

I basically agree, but just bought a Asus motherboard and I7 2600K as my power supply killed my old
one and the next one I bought to replace it.  Turns out the supply has a 10V spike on AC turn on on the USB
5.1V standby.  Other than that it seemed fine - but opening it up I found almost all electrolytics were bad.
So if this happens to you be sure to check the voltage at power on.  I have two A8n-SLI boards bad now.
I tried replacing the power management chip that gets hot but the issue continues so there is something loading it
down.  I don't have any mb schematics to go further and haven't found a good website that goes to this
level of repair detail.  I'd like to continue to use some of the programs I will lose going to the new system and OS.
Not a well known happenstance but just backing up your data doesn't get you back 100% on a different
motherboard - you likely won't even get the board to come up.  I'd think macs have this same issue...?
{sorry for people that hate pc discussions...)

Barry

On Dec 26, 2011, at 11:02 AM, thx1138 wrote:

> On 12/24/11 6:24 PM, "BARRY KLEIN" <barryklein at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> And many of those running Bootcamp or whatever and Windows 7...
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 24, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:22:00 -0800
>>> thx1138 <thx1138 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes, I am also a Mac User and Pc is a piece of sheiss!.
>>> 
>>> Funny, considering that hardware-wise all the "modern" Macs are just very
>>> cheap commodity PCs...
>>> 
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>>> Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
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> Hi All,
> 
> First of all , the quality control on PC motherboards is all over the map.
> 
> Just try getting ProTools working under Windows on a Dell, SONY, Toshiba ,
> etc. The results are really weird to be sure.
> 
> Run the same Hardware from AVID on a Mac Tower and the results are pretty
> consistent.  The MAC OS is a heck of a good deal more stable on a MAC vs. PC
> hardware platform.
> 
> My Mac Pro Lap top runs Windows XP from VMWare Fusion and it boots up
> Windows a good deal quicker.
> 
> Linux on my Mac Pro seems pretty stable and runs fast. I use my old laptops
> for Linux and they are better than Windows XP/ Win 7.
> 
> Draw your own conclusions, I use my MAC more often these days due to
> reliability.
> 
> Terry
>