Topic: Acer ASPIRE REVO - Report

[dannjr]

Description         PCI to PCI Bridge
Location         bus 0 (0x00), device 24 (0x18), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
   Vendor ID      0x10DE
   Model ID      0x0AC7
   Revision ID      0xB1
   PI         0x00
   SubClass      0x04
   BaseClass      0x06
   Cache Line      0x10
   Latency         0x00
   Header         0x01
PCI header
   Primary bus      0x00
   Secondary bus      0x07
   Int. Line      0x15
   Int. Pin      0x01
PCI capability
   Caps class      Subsystem Vendor
   Caps offset      0x40
   SubVendor ID      0x1025
   SubSystem ID      0x0222
PCI capability
   Caps class      Power Management
   Caps offset      0x48
   Caps version      1.2
PCI capability
   Caps class      Message Signalled Interrupts
   Caps offset      0x50
PCI capability
   Caps class      PCI Express
   Caps offset      0x80
   Device type      Root Port of PCI-E Root Complex
   Port         6
   Version         2.0
   Physical slot      #0
   Presence detect      no
   Link width      1x (max 1x)
PCI registers   
      00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
   00   DE 10 C7 0A 07 00 10 00 B1 00 04 06 10 00 01 00
   10   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 07 00 F1 01 00 00
   20   F0 FF 00 00 F1 FF 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   30   00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 01 06 00
   40   0D 48 00 00 25 10 22 02 01 50 03 F8 00 00 00 00
   50   05 80 82 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   60   08 80 00 A8 00 00 E0 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   70   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   80   10 00 42 01 21 80 00 00 10 20 00 00 11 3C 31 06
   90   00 00 11 10 00 00 00 00 E0 11 00 00 00 00 00 00
   A0   00 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   B0   01 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   C0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   D0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   E0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   F0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   100   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 20 06 00
   110   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   120   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   130   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Description         VGA Controller
Location         bus 3 (0x03), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
   Vendor ID      0x10DE
   Model ID      0x087E
   Revision ID      0xB1
   PI         0x00
   SubClass      0x00
   BaseClass      0x03
   Cache Line      0x10
   Latency         0x00
   Header         0x00
PCI header
   Address 0 (memory)   0xFB000000
   Address 1 (memory)   0xE0000000
   Address 3 (memory)   0xF8000000
   Address 5 (port)   0x0000EC00
   Subvendor ID      0x1025
   Subsystem ID      0x0222
   Int. Line      0x17
   Int. Pin      0x01
PCI capability
   Caps class      Power Management
   Caps offset      0x60
   Caps version      1.1
PCI capability
   Caps class      Message Signalled Interrupts
   Caps offset      0x68
PCI registers   
      00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
   00   DE 10 7E 08 07 01 10 00 B1 00 00 03 10 00 00 00
   10   00 00 00 FB 0C 00 00 E0 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 F8
   20   00 00 00 00 01 EC 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 10 22 02
   30   00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 17 01 00 00
   40   25 10 22 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   50   01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 CE D6 23 00 00 00 00 00
   60   01 68 02 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 80 00 00 00 00 00
   70   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   80   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   90   00 00 00 33 83 00 00 00 93 57 00 00 0F 00 00 80
   A0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   B0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   C0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   D0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   E0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   F0   00 00 00 00 00 80 03 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00


DMI
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DMI BIOS      
   vendor         American Megatrends Inc.
   version         P01-A1
   date         06/17/2009

DMI System Information      
   manufacturer      Acer
   product         Aspire R1600
   version         unknown
   serial         PTSCL05004953122BC2701
   UUID         90FBA62D-22E22009-12301257-05000000

DMI Baseboard      
   vendor         Acer
   model         FMCP7A-ION
   revision      unknown
   serial         U017095102740

DMI System Enclosure      
   manufacturer      Acer
   chassis type      Desktop
   chassis serial      unknown

DMI Processor      
   manufacturer      Intel
   model         Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU  230   @ 1.60GHz
   clock speed      1600.0 MHz
   FSB speed      133.0 MHz
   multiplier      12.0x

DMI Extension Slot      
   designation      PCIE
   type         A5
   populated      no

DMI OEM Strings      
   string[0]      MCP7A-D9

DMI Physical Memory Array      
   location      Motherboard
   usage         System Memory
   correction      None
   max capacity      4096 MBytes
   max# of devices      2

DMI Memory Device      
   designation      DIMM0
   format         DIMM
   type         unknown
   total width      64 bits
   data width      64 bits
   size         1024 MBytes

DMI Memory Device      
   designation      DIMM2
   format         unknown
   type         unknown
   data width      64 bits


Graphics
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of adapters      1

Graphic APIs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

API            NVIDIA NVAPI
API            NVIDIA I/O

Display Adapters
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Display adapter 0   
   Manuf. API index   0
   Display name      \\.\DISPLAY1
   Name         NVIDIA ION LE
   Revision      B1
   Memory size      512 MB
   PCI device      bus 3 (0x3), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
   Vendor ID      0x10DE (0x1025)
   Model ID      0x087E (0x0222)
   Performance Level   Default
      Core clock   200.0 MHz
      Shader clock   400.0 MHz
      Memory clock   1062.5 MHz
   Performance Level   2D Desktop
      Core clock   300.0 MHz
      Shader clock   600.0 MHz
      Memory clock   1062.5 MHz
   Performance Level   2D Desktop
      Core clock   350.0 MHz
      Shader clock   800.0 MHz
      Memory clock   1062.5 MHz
   Performance Level   3D Applications
      Core clock   450.0 MHz
      Shader clock   1100.0 MHz
      Memory clock   1062.5 MHz


Software
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Windows Version         Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition  Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version         9.0c

[Buggyman]

And I'm suppose to understand all of that ? 
The only part I understood was Windows XP   
But your comment on the warm factor would scare me as how would something like that survive in the south's hot and humid enviroment. Heck we can even keep cool puters from getting hot. Anytime I hear warm I think about wiring to small to handle the current going throught it. Since CPU's are finely connected dios then it would be a concern for a short life.

But I like the Ideal behind the concept. Something like that would fit well in a whole house cat 5 wiring set up even if it does have wireless.

But... whaata I know 

Buggy

[mccoffee]

And I'm suppose to understand all of that ? 
The only part I understood was Windows XP   
But your comment on the warm factor would scare me as how would something like that survive in the south's hot and humid enviroment. Heck we can even keep cool puters from getting hot. Anytime I hear warm I think about wiring to small to handle the current going throught it. Since CPU's are finely connected dios then it would be a concern for a short life.

But I like the Ideal behind the concept. Something like that would fit well in a whole house cat 5 wiring set up even if it does have wireless.

But... whaata I know 

Buggy

That's just like my  english papper

[mccoffee]

dan  did you update the bios  maybe it's a software  giving fale negatives or higher temps then what they are?

[dannjr]

I might want to mention this..
Theyve been having problems with Driver updates.. A new driver will install and the audio will stop.. or a NIC will fragment.
The work around for updating drivers is to uninstall the driver and the related software.

BIOS as far as I know it hasnt been available for an update... AND i it does come available...... which one would you use the ACER or MSI bios update.. So I'll hold off on that for a bit...

The heat seemed to drop a touch esp. under the load I had on it today using HULU that was early this morning.
The video wasnt great (choppy)till I set Adobe Flash to use HARDWARE acceleration and bumped the cache to max..
Im not 100% that part of that problem was with the new Firefox.. So we'll see..

HEAT again: the HEAT to the CPU isnt real bad in fact a Intel Atom can handle 70C which is pretty warm.. On the other hand I have had this thing running in a 73Degree F room and in most offices it should do ok..
Most of the Tests done (by others) on this thing was to heat it up and it kept up at about 65 to 70C
Having that type of heat on the Hard drive might lower the life on that and its a big reason that I make clones of the original drive (using Acronis)
Buggy try to keep in mind the Mother board is about 8 inches by 8 inches its different engineering where resistance levels arent displaced as much as the big old boards and its not a old style AMD... I tested a P4 about 3 hours before I remembered to plugged in the fan

Im gonna let ASUS Eee box and ACER Revo work out there issue with Drivers and see where it takes it..
When I deliver this one to the nice dirty marina I'm thinking about getting one of these for the 40 inch Insignia TV and one to connect to the TV.. The object is really to be able to bring down the Electric Costs over all and still be able to surf get email and work.. with an occasional movie

[mccoffee]

Any fan options is the bios?


I'VE been waiting one of those ee pcs for a while money is to tight here though. I worked on one  the version of linux was apin couldn't get a usb cam to work with for my flie.

oh well

[dannjr]

Any fan options is the bios?


I'VE been waiting one of those ee pcs for a while money is to tight here though. I worked on one  the version of linux was apin couldn't get a usb cam to work with for my flie.

oh well

I didn't see a Fan setting in the bios and will look next time I reboot.
I did add a Wireless USB Hawking-tech card to a with a USB hub and disabled the internal  NIC threw Windows and will try to disable the NIC in bios just to see if it makes a difference in the heat. Then I'll take a look to see if that fan has a higher RPM it can run at. Right now the FAN seems ok and real quiet at 2556rpm. Not sure if it can be pushed to 3000rpm and if it was able to will that have a negitive affect on the fan.
Remember there's no Fan on the CPU and only on the GPU. Intel has done a great job on not needing a fan for years. I wouldnt want to run some of the Bigger CPU's from Intel that way, they slow down as they get warmer.. The 233 1.5 Atom seems to like the heat.
Since my original post the Temp's have gone down a touch and that might be that the MSI/ACER motherboard finally burnt in..

Added items
Hawking Tech wireless NIC
USB Hub
Wireless Microsoft 3 button Mouse
Wireless Microsoft Keyboard
Speakers
I think Adding a Gig of RAM might help add a little speed.

Did I mention I'm sitting 15 feet away from the 50" Sony TV / Monitor typing this..

The version of Linux you worked with is considered a very stripped out version I think I woulda tryed a something different considering most of the hardware if not all the hardware is supported by other flavors of linux...

This week I'll be packing this thing up to test in a couple offices and take to a satillite office to see how well it VPN's in accross town to another bloated office.
From there its probably gonna make its 3way to its home at the Marina..

If I get lucky I can order a few of these before the prices go up some more.. My personal; opinion is you can get a lot of machine out of off lease or refurbished machines that might just blow this thing away for the price.. BUT the object is to save space and lower the electric bill..

Most bigger Desktops will average a 60 to 80 Watt draw.. This is 20 Watts and the fact that it can be hung on the back of a monitor helps reduce the space and wires on the floor

BRB on that Bios question