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Compaq S6700NX Desktop Comp

Sep 17, 2004 12:02AM PDT

I was working on this desktop for a friend, he had several virus' (which I removed). He had a problem with an music maker app, when you run it, it says it cant find an avi file on the cdrom, but it's there. I thought the virus was the cause, but apparently not as the same thing happened after I removed them.
The system then seemed to be unstable (couldn't create an xp restore point, it would hang up trying). So I did a Compaq destructive restore and the system went back to normal operation.

My real question is why does this comp show 2 processors in device manager? (Intel 2.8 hyperthreading processors). This has to be a low end comp as it has onboard video & audio. Also in device manager in the IDE controllers there are 2 ata controllers, 2 Primary ide channels & 2 Secondary ide channels listed. My comp only has 1 each of the above??? I uninstalled 1 of the ata controllers & a primary & secondary Ide channel disappeared along with it. However, when I rebooted, all of the above reappeared via the found new hardware thingy....

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(NT) (NT) Hint: Intel 2.8 hyperthreading shows as 2 in NT/2000/X
Sep 17, 2004 12:26AM PDT
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Re: (NT) Hint: Intel 2.8 hyperthreading shows as 2 in NT/20
Sep 17, 2004 12:35AM PDT

Thanks Bob. Is there any reason there are 2 primary & 2 secondary ide controllers listed (along with 2 ata controllers)?? Theres only 1 hard drive & 2 cdrom drives.

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(NT) (NT) Hint 2: Does it have a RAID controller?
Sep 17, 2004 12:51AM PDT
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Re: (NT) Hint 2: Does it have a RAID controller?
Sep 17, 2004 2:00AM PDT

Bob,


No mention of it in the motherboard specs:

Specifications, ASUS P4SD-LA with Integrated Graphics


Motherboard Supplier
ASUS

System BIOS Supplier
ASUS/Award

Board Form Factor
uATX

Processor Brand
Intel

Processor Socket Type
mPGA478

Processor Family
Pentium 4HT

Maximum Processor Core Frequency
Up to 3.2 GHz P4 Northwood

Processor Front Side Bus
800/533/400 MHz

Hyper Threading Support
Yes

Processor VRM Specification
Northwood FMB2

Chipset Name
Springdale-G, GMCH rev A2

Chipset 'North Bridge'
865G, rev A2

Chipset 'South Bridge'
ICH5, revA2

Super I/O
SMsC LPC47M192-NC

Flash BIOS Device Type and Density
FWH 4 Mbit

Memory Type
DDR SDRAM (Supports duel channel)

Memory Speed
PC3200 (400 MHz),

PC2700 (333 MHz),

PC2100 (266 MHz)

Memory Sockets
Four DDR DIMM (184-pin)

Single or Dual Channel
Dual System Memory

Maximum Memory Supported
4GB (4 x 512MB) unbuffered (HP and Compaq recommend 2GB)

AGP Graphics Support
Yes

AGP Graphics Maximum Mode
AGP 8x

Integrated Graphics Supplier
Intel

Integrated Graphics Shared (UMA) Memory
Up to 64 MB Intel DVMT- dynamic (32 MB if less than 256 MB system memory)

Graphics Configuration
Integrated on motherboard

Graphics Connector
AGP 8x (available)

TV-out Device or Configuration
No

Integrated Audio Type
AC'97

AC'97 Codec Device
Realtek ALC650

5.1 (Dolby) Channel Audio Support
Yes, Six speaker mode (requires audio driver and software setting changes)

Passive Speaker Output (amplifed)
Speaker-out header

Rear Audio Jacks
Microphone,

Line-in,

Line-out,

Front Audio Connectors
Headphones,

Microphone,

Line-in

Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier
PCI Realtek RT8101L

Ethernet Configuration
Integrated, Down

IEEE 1394 Support
Configuration: Integrated on motherboard

MAC/PHY Device: TI TSB43AB22

Maximum transfer rate: 400MBps

Ports: Two total (1 front, 1 back)

IDE/ATAPI UDMA Modes
ATA 100/66

Expansion Slots
One AGP,

Three PCI,

One Ultra ATA

USB Ports
Supports up to 8 USB v2.0

USB Front/Rear Options
Up to four front, four rear

Rear External Ports
One serial,

One parallel,

One floppy,

Two PS/2 (keyboard and mouse),

One IEEE 1394,

Four USB,

One VGA Monitor

Front External Ports
Two USB, One IEEE 1394

Fan support
Headers for CPU and System

CPU Fan Speed Control for active fansink

System Fan Speed Control

Available Manufacturer Options
Integrated graphics (G),

Integrated LAN (L),

Six speaker mode, Dolby 5.1 (6)

Integrated 1394 (E)










Or the comp. specs:

Memory


Component
Attributes

Ram (installed)
512 MB (2 x 256)

Maximum allowed
2 GB (4 x 512MB) requires the replacement of the two 256MB DIMMS

Speed supported
PC3200 MB/sec

Type
184 pin, DDR SDRAM

DIMM slots
Four

Open slots
Two



Cache


Type
Attributes

Primary cache (L1)
8KB data + 12,000uOps Trace

Secondary (L2)
512KB



Hard drive


160 GB Ultra DMA

7200 rpm


CD-ROM drive


48x maximum speed


Multi-media drive


4x DVD+R/+RW Type
Attributes

DVD+R Write Once
4X

DVD+RW Rewritable
2.4X

DVD ROM Read
8X

CDR Write Once
16X

CDRW Rewritable
10X

CDROM Read
32X

Power
DC5V, DC12V

Video Standards
PAL, NTSC

Interface
IDE

Data Buffer Memory
2 MB



Diskette drive


1.44 MB (3.5-inch)


Video graphics


Integrated Video


Sound/audio


Integrated AC97 2.2 compliant

6-channel configurable audio

16-bit stero full duplex


Network


Integrated 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet interface


Fax/Modem


High-speed V.92 data/fax


MPEG


MPEG2 for full-motion digital video


External ports


I/O ports on the front panel


Port type
Quantity

USB (2.0)
Two

IEEE 1394
One

Headphone
One

Microphone
One



I/O ports on the back panel


Port type
Quantity

USB (2.0)
Four

IEEE 1394
One

Audio
One each (line-in, line-out, microphone)

Serial
One

Parallel
One

LAN
One

VGA (monitor)
One

PS/2 (keyboard, mouse)
Two



Expansion slots (total)


Slot type
Quantity

PCI
Three (two open)

DIMM
Four (two available)

AGP 8x
One (available)



Drive bays (total)


Bay type
Quantity

5.25-inch, external
Two (both occupied)

3.5-inch, external
One (occupied)

3.5-inch, internal
One (occupied)

3.5-inch, other
One (available)

As it only has 1 hard drive, I wouldn't think they would bother with raid.

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Links and such.
Sep 17, 2004 2:12AM PDT