[sdiy] Using Cortex Mx Arms in Synth DIY

Tom Wiltshire tom at electricdruid.net
Mon Dec 26 23:48:10 CET 2011


I've got to recover from all the turkey I've eaten first...
I imagine others are in a similar position.

T.

On 26 Dec 2011, at 22:07, Gabriel Lindeborg wrote:

> Can we get back to SDIY, please?
> 
> //Gabbe
> 
> BARRY KLEIN skrev 2011-12-26 20:47:
>> 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...
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 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
>>> 
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