My experience with the AMD II-X4 machine from Wally world is identical to
Brett. I ran 192000 with 256 and the rest at 128 and I NEVER ONCE heard a
glitch with VAC running WDM-KS, 8000, 512 and any of JT65-HF, FlDigi,
MMTTY, MMSSTV along with logging programs DXlab with spot collector,
dxview,
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME t...@flex-radio.com wrote:
Neal just told me...
Right now I would recommend the Asrock 880GM-LE micro-ATX board with the
AMD X4 970 chip, its an absolute smoker!! I did one this weekend and its
really (really) fast and really cheap.
-Tim
Depending on the mobo, the old p/s may not have the correct
connectors/voltages necessary for the new board.
Also, 250 watts may be a bit low. My minimum for multi-core machines is
500W
It the p/s is on the edge, the PC will spontaneously crash and try to
reboot. If under powered, it will
250 will definitely NOT work! In addition to it possibly having a lot of
inefficiencies and hash, you can see the weirdest things happen with an
underpowered PSU (things like devices disappearing from the device manager,
no either net port when its built into the motherboard, etc.).
400w is the
I am using the 6 core and recommend a good 650 watt supply. It screams on an
asus mb with 8 gb ram and dual 1gb video cards paralled together. Cpu percent
running several apps at once is max of 12 percent.
Sent via BlackBerry by ATT
-Original Message-
From: Tim Ellison, W4TME
A disk drive failure in a (very old) system we used as a Linux file server
prompted me to build a new computer to replace it recently. I was going to
reuse the old case and power supply, but felt the 300W supply was a bit under
powered for the new motherboard. Looking for a replacement
On 12/19/11 07:33 am, pierceday wrote:
Several months ago someone (Neal?) wrote of a particular AMD chip and
board combination that was preferred over others for SDR computers.
Could anyone help me out with that info?
This is not the board that Neal recommended, but it is the little
brother
Thanks, Alan, but with all the good reports on the 400 buck Wallmart
special, why bother to build? Planning a run today to see if they're still
in stock.
Pierce W4ZDI
-Original Message-
From: Alan NV8A
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 10:19 AM
To: FlexRadio Reflector
Cc: pierceday
I think my 250W PS is the right type- it seems to have the connections I
need. But it sounds like it is either definitely, or likely to be,
underpowered. It came with a Dell Studio 540s and runs an Intel core2 Duo.
The link to Newegg's cases is also appreciated.
Bob's Wally world $400 special that he recently mentioned (AMD Athlon II
X4 Quad-Core 645 processor
3.1GHz, 2MB Cache) runs nicely for him on a 220 watt PS.
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Bob McGwier n...@flexradio.com wrote:
...I cannot explain why this
inexpensive machine performs the best of anything...
=
Purely a guess, but maybe it has to do with the very stripped-down
mother board in these bargain-basement machines. My mobo has many,
To be honest, Bob's machine is underpowered also and it will be interesting
to see if he is still happy with that part of the machine 6 months from now.
The original computer I started selling 3 years ago had a 350 watt PSU and
that was just the bare minimum and if anyone plugged anything extra
I have one of those in a box downstairs, like David Bowie in The Hunger. Look
closely at the manufacturer's product page, and you'll see that the steel is
.6mm thin, which is very very thin. I never had thought about steel thickness
until I bought that case. Jim KJ2P
Date: Tue, 20 Dec
I have one of those in a box downstairs, like David Bowie in The Hunger. Look
closely at the manufacturer's product page, and you'll see that the steel is
.6mm thin, which is very very thin. I never had thought about steel thickness
until I bought that case. Jim KJ2P
Date: Tue, 20 Dec
I have a similar computer with 8 Gb of memory and when monitored with a
Kill A Watt type device never goes over 100 watts even rug full
bore. I know that it is only reading average power consumption but it
typically sit at about 65 watts.
On 12/20/2011 10:21 AM, Neal Campbell wrote:
To be
You pays yer money, you take yer chance.
73
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Ross Stenberg
ross.stenb...@charter.netwrote:
I have a similar computer with 8 Gb of memory and when monitored with a
Kill A Watt type device never goes over 100 watts even rug full
bore. I know that it is
Bob's comments about his new computer prompted me to send this Email
that I wrote a few weeks ago and never sent. I should note that I have
been preaching simple AMD quad core computers since purchasing a $400
machine at Staples over six months ago that has been working flawlessly
for me.
I
Ross
There is nothing controversial in your note. The only controversial thing
is your belief that a 200 watt power supply is enough for these
configurations (and my guess is that even the ones marked 200 watts are
using congressional budget office calculations to get that).
Trust people who
Pierce said,
with all the good reports on the 400 buck Wallmart
special, why bother to build?
I think there are at least four reasons.
First,you can pick and choose exactly the components that you want.
For example, I am partial to Asus/ASRock motherboards, I like EVGA
graphics cards, and I like
Warning to all! It is PCIe only. Get the recommended firewire!!
!
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Phone
-Original message-
From: pierceday pierce...@comcast.net
To: Alan NV8A n...@charter.net, FlexRadio Reflector
FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Tue, Dec 20, 2011 15:27:10
I'm going to replace PS, and then hard drive with upgrades eventually. I
am backing up all logs for N3AO, N3KN, N1SMM, and myself starting in a
little over a week with one of these outboard drives. They last a long time
because they shut down when not being accessed.
And regularly from
Well, I have two of them, in service, working FB. They are not THAT much
thinner than what they replaced.
... But I would not recommend using it as a step stool ;-)
YMMV
Mike, N0SO
From: Jim Jannuzzo jsqu...@msn.com
To: n...@att.net
Cc:
Part of the downside of the wall mart $400.00 computer is that its limited
in expansion.
Its small, which I wanted, I have no place to put a tower case in the shack
and have it close to everything.
There are only 2 open slots, a pci and a pci-e, the power supply likely
would not support a video
But, as others have pointed out here and elsewhere, just because the
Brand Y Model X4580AZ that Joe bought last week works fine with
his Flex and PowerSDR, that doesn't mean that the ostensibly identical
one you buy this week will work: it may have some significantly
different internals
I think Brett's space-factor is the new black as far as computer systems
go. Now that we want bigger and more screen, we want to see few and smaller
boxes. Bob's idea of turning his computer 180 degrees so the back is the
front is a great one. I do a 90 degree turn myself, so I can get to both
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Neal Campbell abrohamn...@gmail.com wrote:
... the Hercules MP3 controller. MAN WHAT A GREAT
ADDITION!!! Yes, shouting!...
==
Ah, yes, another convert joins the ranks. Of course, everyone has
different tastes in ergonomics, but to me the usability of the
Neil,
I am kind of confused on your statements about touch screens with the flex. The
ham in Italy proved it possible with HP touch screens and cube 3d. It is posted
on Youtube.
The proof of concept has already been proven. I am dumb founded on why not hams
have not replicated that model.
I use the Acer T230H touchscreen on two different computers with my Flex.
They work great. You can see how I have them mounted on my QRZ page within
arms reach. I've used them for well over a year. Requires Windows 7.
I frankly never use the touch feature but have them to show non-flex hams
all
Hi Bob
The question isn't its technical capability, its whether I actually use it.
HP had a tough time selling those systems and I think that have pulled that
line off the market, which would indicate that either it was not engineered
properly for the price, or its not that useful an
If it's anything like trying to control PowerSDR via TeamViewer from my
iPad it would be for the birds. I realize it is not though. TeamViewer is
pretty limited in control as a true touch screen linked to the computer
isn't. I can see having a touch screen to control certain aspects of the
If you are referring to the HP touchpad then I believe they pulled it off
the market because they can't compete with the iPad and it's army of apps.
Software rules.
I use my iPad remotely with PWRSDR as a touchpad and while being cool...not
all that practical.
-Original Message-
I'd be interested to hear which PCI-e Firewire cards work. I've tried 2
different cards in my PCI-e slot and neither worked reliably.
Regards, Eric
On 12/20/2011 12:49 PM, Bob McGwier wrote:
Warning to all! It is PCIe only. Get the recommended firewire!!
!
Sent from my Verizon Wireless
Hi Eric
I use the SIIG NN-E20012-S2 PCIe 2 Port card and its really good. Haven't
seen a failure yet!
73
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Eric Lowell elow...@satnetmaine.comwrote:
I'd be interested to hear which PCI-e Firewire cards work. I've tried 2
different cards in my PCI-e slot and
Siig NN-E20012-S2 works perfectly. Have used two of them in two different
computers. Does require power, though, through a standard Molex cable.
Bill
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Eric Lowell elow...@satnetmaine.comwrote:
I'd be interested to hear which PCI-e Firewire cards work. I've
I've been using mimo 7 USB touchscreen (like Beppe uses ) with custom
software for satellite work and Digital work and it works great for me.
Check out these guys for reasonable cost touchscreens.
http://www.monoprice.com
I have installed the 15 and 17 as Point of Sale terminals at a couple of
If its the $400.00 wall mart computer, it has a pci and a pci-e slot and
cards with the via chipset and TI chipsets seem to work fine.
I got two off Amazon, best connectivity (TI chipset) and Roswell (VIA
chipset).
I can detect no difference between them running my 3000 and windows 7 (wall
mart
I don't think you need to add power unless you are going to power a remote
device over the firewire cable.
My Roswell card has a power connector but I don't use it.
Brett
- Original Message -
From: William H. Fite omni...@gmail.com
To: Eric Lowell elow...@satnetmaine.com
Cc:
I think devices like the Hercules offer valuable options to persons who
prefer knobs and switches. Don't hear any condescension there because
there isn't any. It is likely that a great many people who were brought up
on knitches (knobs + switches) are going to prefer them as long as they
It is true that the Siig card will run without power but, since virtually
everyone has spare molexes hanging off their power supplies (and the card
comes with a splitter, anyway), why not power it up? It was, after all,
designed to run that way. And who knows when you may want to connect a
At 02:21 PM 12/20/2011, Neal Campbell wrote:
Another toy I got a couple of weeks ago (and haven't had a chance to report
back to you guys) is the Hercules MP3 controller. MAN WHAT A GREAT
ADDITION!!!
ABSOLUTELY - I got one a couple weeks ago and am delighted with
it. Enough knobs and
Selling to get something with more horsepower QRP is great but sometimes I
need a break .
Flex 1500 QRP SDR transciever ... with K3NC dedicated computer just built
for the Flex 1500 wireless Keyboard and mouse and Acer monitor . over
$1400 new
asking $900 and I ship (UPS)
On 12/20/2011 9:56 AM, Neal Campbell wrote:
Ross
There is nothing controversial in your note. The only controversial thing
is your belief that a 200 watt power supply is enough for these
configurations (and my guess is that even the ones marked 200 watts are
using congressional budget office
On 12/20/11 07:02 pm, Jerry Flanders wrote:
Another toy I got a couple of weeks ago (and haven't had a chance to
report
back to you guys) is the Hercules MP3 controller. MAN WHAT A GREAT
ADDITION!!!
ABSOLUTELY - I got one a couple weeks ago and am delighted with it.
Enough knobs and buttons
Next thing you someone is going to put in a box with embedded processors
and a display in the front full of knobs and switches and name it a K radio.
I LOVE THIS THING! I hope Flex can find a way to incorporate it into
their future plans - it definitely enhances PowerSDR.
Over a long series of various computers, most on the low end side, I have
had one video card failure
(Hercules).
Some were very old, the one my wife uses was old when we got it from my
sister, who got it off the home shopping network (Compaq) about 12 years ago
or more.
Some of the hard
What is the model number of this gizmo? Googling Hercules MP3 Controller
gets me several different devices.
And does its use require a special version of PowerSDR?
Alan, you can get info at:
http://www.dh1tw.de/powersdr-ui
There are many pages there to explore, and the goodies can
I am still playing with trying to get rid of the hidden config files and can
not find them.
I looked in every folder on the hard drive and can not find anything after I
uninstall the program, yet when I reload, all my configs are there.
Windows 7, I even went to the dos prompt and there is
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