new ak32E

I just finished a very smooth upgrade from a Soyo K7VTA Pro to a Shuttle
AK32 E running a 1700+ Tbred. It is a faster board than the K7VTA Pro
using a benchmark and does not have the trouble booting I often had with
the Soyo when I moved to 133 fsb with the Tbred. Shuttle makes a sweet
board that certainly is good for the low price. I may start overclocking
after I run it for a week problem free. I use VCool with win xp to keep
temps fairly low. Found that Vcool 1.7 must be upgraded to one of the 1.8
betas. But the latest 1.8beta10 does not work with this board, I had to
use beta9. Reported the problem to the author of VCool. You also have to
enable the halt as well as the cool bit, but don't enable the idle loop:
that actually causes this board to run warmer, unlike the Soyo. I'm quite
pleased with the Soyo board, stable, very few upgrade hassles.

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Dennis Roark


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