Re: AMD64-based laptops from HP/Compaq are crippled

From: alex goldman (hello_at_spamm.er)
Date: 07/05/05 

Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:11:58 -0700

J. Clarke wrote:

>> Choices:
>> AMD Sempron(TM) 3000+ (1.8GHz/128KB L2 Cache)
>> AMD Sempron(TM) 3200+ (1.8GHz/256KB L2 Cache)
>> AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
>> AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3500+ (2.2GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
>> AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3800+ (2.4GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
>> AMD Athlon(TM) 64 4000+ (2.4GHz/1MB l2 Cache)
>>
>>
>> May I ask why you insist on spreading misinformation after you've been
>> corrected?
>
> Now, if you go to the AMD site you'll find that the Mobile Athlon 64 is
> also listed as having 3.2 GB/sec memory support.

Has it not been made abundantly clear to you what chips are used in the
laptops in question?

> Further, since the memory controller on the Athlon 64 is build into the
> chip, one has to work pretty hard to disable dual-channel support.

It's disabled in BIOS. HP admits as much. The motherboard is socket 939. Why
don't you read the site and maybe think for a moment.