Matrix Infinity

[silentlight]

I think Aerick meant reduced wire count, not reduced wire size. I'd also like to know which part he thinks is wrong.

[loy]

woops my and my typing not wat i'm thinking wire count on cd dvd contrller

[chuchaman]

so which is best DMS3 or MATRIX INFINITY, which one will be definitely the best choice then...

[shalashaska]

currently,seems infinity is ruling the market in best chip.IMHO infinity is infinately better than dms3

[MLS100]

Originally posted by TeknoZ
You will probably only need to change the clock wire I think (matrix chips use the Y point) and leave the unused wires unconnected or better yet, remove them.

Thank yew, can anyone confirm this?

/MLS

[nonen666]

The position of the chip that most people choose is wrong. You mustn't place it where team messiah shows in their diagrams because it's very far from the bios data points and generally from all the points to connect. It's simple, shorter wire is better. I don't have a picture with my installation but you can see the pic below and with some changes. First of all the bios wires CAN cross each other and it is better to cross each other! The cross talking happens when the wires go parallel with extremely small distance between them. The only thing to take care is all the data wires must have about the same length even if the closer ones could be shorter and that is for perfect timing in the signals. The ground wire should be as small as it gets. And the general routing of all the wires needn't to be parallel with 90 degrees angles, always to keep everything short. The R and W wires must go in some distance like the pic. All the above I was told by my brother who is an experienced Mentor designer (=CAD program).
Hope it helps!

[nonen666]

Forgot the pic!

[chuchaman]

Well lots are saying that this matrix infinity is better than dms3 right now, how about bulking price?

[TeknoZ]

@nonen666 :

That's exactly where I place the MXL2 in my installs (I just route the M-P wires the other way around) and I have never had an install problem so far. The good think with the Infinity is that if you place it in that position you can solder the ground wire with a very short wire on the ground below.

[silentlight]

Originally posted by nonen666
The position of the chip that most people choose is wrong. You mustn't place it where team messiah shows in their diagrams because it's very far from the bios data points and generally from all the points to connect. It's simple, shorter wire is better. I don't have a picture with my installation but you can see the pic below and with some changes. First of all the bios wires CAN cross each other and it is better to cross each other! The cross talking happens when the wires go parallel with extremely small distance between them. The only thing to take care is all the data wires must have about the same length even if the closer ones could be shorter and that is for perfect timing in the signals. The ground wire should be as small as it gets. And the general routing of all the wires needn't to be parallel with 90 degrees angles, always to keep everything short. The R and W wires must go in some distance like the pic. All the above I was told by my brother who is an experienced Mentor designer (=CAD program).
Hope it helps!

This is interesing. But the part "the general routing of all the wires needn't to be parallel with 90 degrees angles, always to keep everything short", do you mean that you should round the corners as in a more direct route between points A and B instead of an L shaped routing to make it look neater, right?

Also, I don't understand "R and W wires must go in some distance like the pic", can you further explain this? Thanks.