![]() Current Status: Decommissioned / Dismantled On 24th Jul 2008 Bellerophon suffered chronic systems failure and
was decommissioned. Kerberos [Greek for Cerberus, a three-headed Hellhound in Greek/Roman mythology] was designed and constructed in-house by VerTecX21 as a replacement using all of Bellerophon's peripheral equipment and much of it's internal components as the new Secondary System. Specification for Kerberos, finalised: July 25th 2008 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT: Intel "Wolfdale" Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz, Socket LGA775 with L2 Advanced Smart Cache - 6 MB MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3G, (Intel P35 / Intel ICH9R), GbLAN, 1x PCI-E x16 POWER SUPPLY: Seasonic M12-500 Modular PSU w/120mm fan RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: Corsair XMS2 6400C4 Xtreme Performance DDR2, 2Gb (2x 1Gb) 240 pin DIMM with E.P.P Technology GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT: Sapphire Radeon HD2400PRO 256MB, PCI-Express, 64bit + ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 32MB DDR CPU COOLING: Thermaltake Blue Orb II CPU Cooler, 17dBA CASING: Gigabyte 3D Aurora GZ-FSCA1-AN Black Aluminium Full Tower Body with 3x 12cm fans. Components from Bellerophon: HARD DISK DRIVES: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB S-ATA 8MB cache 7200RPM NCQ + Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA 8MB 7200RPM, (370Gb Total Storage Capacity) OPTICAL DRIVE: Liteon 16x DVD-ROM SOHD-16P9S AUDIO PROCESSING UNIT: Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS, PCI Soundcard, THX Certified, 7.1 Channel, 24-bit/192KHz OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) 32bit. Peripheral Devices: DISPLAYS:
Significant changes to original specification: 22/04/09: Upgraded Operating System to Windows 7 Ultimate RC1 Beta [Build 7100] 32bit 10/06/09: Removed ATI Radeon 7000 [Compatibility Issues with Win 7] 10/06/09: Installed DisplayLink USB 2.0 to DVI/VGA/HDMI Graphics Adapter Converter [to power 3rd Display]
Current status of parts: ATI Radeon 7000: Mothballed 10/06/09 Core 2 Duo E8400: In storage Gigabyte GA-P35-S3G: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Seasonic M12-500: In storage Corsair XMS2 6400C4: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Sapphire Radeon HD2400PRO: In storage Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS: Unknown Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB S-ATA: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Thermaltake Blue Orb II: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Gigabyte 3D Aurora GZ-FSCA1-AN Black: Disposed July 2012 Philips 19" LCD 190S5FS: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Samsung 19" LCD Syncmaster 913N: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12 Acer 15" LCD AL1511S: Installed in Maxximus 15/02/12
The total cost of all new initial components for the Kerberos system was €527.51 (UK£415.60) (US$821.54)
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