ABIT BX6 Rev 2.0 and PC133SDRAM - WARNING!!!

[LAMFDTK]

Shut down problems w/W98-W98SE are all over the web. Its a Microsoft problem. I have tried Asus and Abit boards and prefer the Asus. I always forget about the MOBO when it is always stable like the P2B. Thats a good thing. THe Bh6 caused me many hours of problems.
Jammrock get me a board ! P3B-F I'll send you the $$......

Trainwrecker Computer Addicts

[neo]

Chris: true, true. I just got my WD 7200RPM 18Gig in the mail, installed it and now use it as my primary drive. It is so much faster than my Maxtor 5400RPM, simply unbelievable.

-neo

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Asus P2B-F, 532MHZ Pentium II (4x133 at 2.4v), Global Win VEK12 hs/fan, 128MB Micron PC133, Maxtor 4GB, SB AWE 32, Creative DVD 2x, Mitsumi CDR 2x/8x, Sony Trinitron 17", Old Matrox Video Card, and a redhead with a pair of 36Cs (O/Ced to 38Cs)

[Jammrock]

LAMFDTK,

So you want one, too. It costs about $128 plus shipping. I have found one little quirk with my P3B-F. When I restart the computer it hangs during POST. But if you restart it again it work perfectly. Too weird. I am going to send out an email to ASUS and see what they say. Otherwise the board is a dream. It takes a bit to get used to their new GUI (it is like the Pheonix BIOS interface now, which kind of sucks), but you can tweak every little detail about the motherboard from the BIOS. It takes about 15 minutes to run through all the options. If anyone else is interested in getting a P3B-F send me an email.

Jammrock

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PIII 540 (120 MHz x 4.5 - 540), 256 MB PC133 SDRAM, ASUS P3B-F, Winblows 98 SuckyEdition, 18 GB WD Expert HDD, Encore 6x DVD w/ Dxr3 decoder, (TEMPORARY!!!) Voodoo 3 2000 @ 175 MHz which will be replaced by a Matrox G400 MAX, Sound Blaster Live! full retail, MAG DX715T 17

[Chris H]

Thanks Chuck I'll let you know.

Neo, I know ATA/66 is not much (if at all) faster than ATA/33 but it I can't see it being worse, and there's nothing wrong with a bit of futureproofing

Chris.

[Chris H]

Nice to hear it Neo

BTW, how the hell did you get a PII 400 running at 532MHz?! Did you increase the voltage in stages? I sound suprised 'cos the first time I overclocked a Celery 300A to 450MHz, it corrupted my Win98 registry and I had to reformat !! Is you system reliable?

[Guyver]

Cris H,

The memory is the key... It's not the processor. If you are only running PC100SDRAM, then you can only OC to a certain level before your memory cannot keep up. I can only run my PC100SDRAM @ 129Mhz. I have just purchased some PC133HSDRAM but cannot use it until my BE6 gets here due to ABIT following Intel's design specs.



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Running an ABIT BX6 R2, PIII-450 @ 581Mhz, 128MB (64x2) PC100SDRAM (running @ 129), Matrox Mystique G200 8MB, SBLive! Value, Adaptec AHA-2940UW (Dual Channel)
All kinds of other SCSI and ATAPI goodies....
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Waiting for my G400Max Impatiently, increasing system performance to give it a good home.....

[neo]

Chris H, check out this thread:

http://forums.gagames.com/forums/For...ML/000214.html

This is the lot of my plight with the P2 400, right now it runs 100% stable, no corruption. No glitches, for all intents and purposes *perfect*. Good luck with your processor, give me a shout if you need help!

-neo

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Asus P2B-F, 532MHZ Pentium II (4x133 at 2.4v), Global Win VEK12 hs/fan, 128MB Micron PC133, WD 7200RPM 18Gig, SB AWE 32, Creative DVD 2x, Mitsumi CDR 2x/8x, Sony Trinitron 17", Old Matrox Video Card, and a redhead with a pair of 36Cs (O/Ced to 38Cs)







[This message has been edited by neo (edited 07-20-99).]

[Chris H]

Thanks guys, much appreciated

Chris.

[chuck]

Another limiting factor in overclocking is luck of the draw as to cache speed. Remember that you are also overclocking the cache on your processor. Some can take it - some cannot.
This is especialy true with the full speed celeron cache.
chuck


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(erswhile cjolley) celery 333@500mz 2.2V, 64meg@cas2, 10gig IBM 7200rpm UltraStar, Princton EO75, $15 sound card(!),V3 2000 PCI (still waiting on my MAX!)

[Steve C]

Just getting back to the original posts... this is the reply I got from ABIT UK:

"What is the source of this information?
According to Intel's data sheet on the 440BX chipset, it supports a
"100/66MHz Memory Interface". I therefore find it extremely unlikely that
this "problem" has been addressed on the BE6.

ABIT UK"

Cheers,

Steve

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[Guyver]

SteveC,

That was quick. I haven't even gotten a reply yet from stateside here.

The site where I found the info out was
http://bxboards.com/mainboard/slot1/bxboards-2.shtml



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Running an ABIT BX6 R2, PIII-450 @ 581Mhz, 128MB (64x2) PC100SDRAM (running @ 129), Matrox Mystique G200 8MB, SBLive! Value, Adaptec AHA-2940UW (Dual Channel)
All kinds of other SCSI and ATAPI goodies....
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Waiting for my G400Max Impatiently, increasing system performance to give it a good home.....

[Steve C]

I've replied back asking if they're gonna do anything about it... should hear soon, hopefully.

It's going from bad to worse with you - your board wont to 133FSB, now your BE6 may not OC...

Cheers,

Steve

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[Guyver]

Argh! I need a drink or two - actually I don't drink, but I'm willing to start. - Naw not realy. I've been through worse than this before. I'm thinking back to a time when we had gotten our first SCSI based system - 386/20 - Adaptec AHA-1429 (not a or b or c). And our OS - SCO Xenix 2.3.2 (only to find out it didn't support SCSI - had to wait 5 months for the GT port that had SCSI drivers in it...) That really sucked.

So, I guess I've learned a little patience over the years. Been at this for 'bout 13 going on 14 years professionaly.


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Running an ABIT BX6 R2, PIII-450 @ 581Mhz, 128MB (64x2) PC100SDRAM (running @ 129), Matrox Mystique G200 8MB, SBLive! Value, Adaptec AHA-2940UW (Dual Channel)
All kinds of other SCSI and ATAPI goodies....
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Waiting for my G400Max Impatiently, increasing system performance to give it a good home.....

[Jammrock]

Well, I just had yet another Abit motherboard go crispy on me. A BH6, and it took out a CPU and video card with it. Damn Abit boards.

Jammrock

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PIII 540 (120 MHz x 4.5 - 540), 256 MB PC133 SDRAM, ASUS P3B-F, Winblows 98 SuckyEdition, 18 GB WD Expert HDD, Encore 6x DVD w/ Dxr3 decoder, (TEMPORARY!!!) Voodoo 3 2000 @ 175 MHz which will be replaced by a Matrox G400 MAX, Sound Blaster Live! full retail, MAG DX715T 17

[Steve C]

I emailed ABIT, and this is their response:

We could find nothing on the website about be6 being stable at 133MHz but
did find a mention of 133MHz memory being intended for the camino(820)
chipset.




ABIT UK...


Looks like to me that they're avoiding the question altogether....

Cheers,

Steve

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