Mach II ST

[Epicurus]

Well.. what can I say..

I will have my MK2 ST very very soon

I will post here photo's and install notes

My setup is this

AMD 64 3400

MSI K8T MB

TwinMOS 512MB Ram

160GIG HDD

9800XT with Swiftech MCW50-T Watercooled

120.2 RAD

watch this space

 

[Platty]

should be a killer mate.

 

[Epicurus]

I am hoping so. Cannot wait to get my hands on it.. hehehe

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

Where are you getting it from mate?

 

[Epicurus]

HA..hahaha I have it.. mine all mine...

Hi Phil.. it's me.. John.. the person that been bugging you for updates. But I have it in my mits now.. Thanks for your help..

Here are some first piccies..

Err.. The BOX...

The CPU KIT BOX

And instide the CPU KIT Box

And.. wait for it.... The Mk2 ST itself..

More to follow..

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

a-ha! I know who you are now..

I see they are still shipping the old Mach II plastic fascias - I guess the will eventually change, not that its a problem. You really need the Lian-Li kit to go with that John

 

[Epicurus]

All has become clear..

While the black front look OK.. a Lian-Li kit would look so so much better..

When I get some more funds I will be ordering from you...

Cheers

 

[Platty]

Looks good mate, would look gr8 with the black lian-li. Cant wait to get one meself, had enough of waiting for companies to release things

 

[Epicurus]

yeah I know.. Maybe next month when I get paid..

 

[Epicurus]

Well it looks like I am going to have to wait till I can play with my new toy.. I will be moving this weekend.. AAAAHHHHhhhhhh this is killing me.. Could not get the time off work.. DOH!!!

I have it sat on my desk waiting to be installed...

Oh yeah.. may need some help with memory timing and all that.. If anyone can help

Cheers

 

[Platty]

just post when you need help mate

 

[Epicurus]

Thanks Platty

 

[Epicurus]

well well well well... what a weekend that was.. One minute we are moving house then we are not.. So I decided that my prommie could not wait.

WOW that was fun..

Followed the instructions and using info from the net to setup my prommie...

Then when I was all setup I powered it on.. and.... it powered off.. DOH!!!! Checked all my cables and everthing else.. And powered it on.... and... it powered off.

So I turned to the net for help.. AHHHhhhh NNNNOOooooo NTL have cut my net connection so that they can move it to my new house which I am not in yet... DOH!!!!!!

So re-checked every thing and it powered up and then a few mins later it powered up my PC..

Temps from within XP report -75....

At one point I could not get my PC to power on at all.. Thought I had killed my MB..

Anyway.. is -75 about right????? I have a MSI K8T MB using the MSI MB Monitoring program...

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

LOL!! You did have fun then mate.

-75 is totally inaccurate mate, I've got the same mobo and cpu so I will find out soon what it should read and report back. Either way, -35 @ 200w is the true accurate temp. As long as its working it shouldnt matter too much what the temp monitor reads. Never take the software as read.

 

[Epicurus]

yeah I did think that -75 was way way too low..

Was a little surprised that I could not get above 232x11 as it would reboot on me. I am guessing this is to do with no enough power getting to the CPU as it will only go to 1.55v...

Is a volt mod the only way forward???????