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**Guyver** · 23 July 1999, 02:33

Steve C,

This is the reply I got from Mushkin.com when I asked them about my problems with the memory...

There is a buffer issue with the BX6 that abit is aware of. they fixed the problem w/ the BE6 board (which the enhanced modules run at 150 flawlessly!)
I think you have good results w/ the 2x64 because your system actually runs
better w/ a lesser capacity module installed...there is less system load

I can give you the e-mail address that the message came from, if that would help any...

LB

**chuck** · 23 July 1999, 06:31

Jammrock,
If that happens a lot, perhaps you should start buying different power supplies.
chuck

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(erstwhile 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!)

**SmilingCorpse** · 23 July 1999, 06:59

I've got 128Mb Crucial PC133 memory running on my Abit BX6 2.0.
I have no problems running these memories at up to 148mhz on this board. I did have to switch DIMM slot once though.
Have any of you actually run PC133 mems at those speeds on your Abit boards? Or maybe I just got lucky. Though If i were to buy a board now, it would probably be the Soyo 6BA+III motherboard or the BE6...

**Guyver** · 23 July 1999, 07:43

Which DIMM socket did you use to get the higher FSB... I couldn't get higher than 129Mhz with my 6ns. I couldn't get reliable 129Mhz with my PC133HSDRAM (4.5ns) until I got the BE6. Now I'm smilin to the tune of 600Mhz...

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Running an ABIT BE6, PIII-450 @ 600Mhz, 128MB (128x1) PC133HSDRAM (running @ 133), 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.....

**SmilingCorpse** · 23 July 1999, 09:25

It's in the first slot, the one closest to the cpu. Too bad my PIII450 won't go any higher than 580mhz@2.1v...get random lockups at 600 and fails at windows splash screen at 621, haven't tried anything above 2.3v though. Do you use any extra cooling to get it to 600? And at what volt?
The memory testing was done with an unlocked PII333mhz.
Can you recommend the BE6? I was considering it since it has UDMA66 on the mobo, I might as well buy the whole mobo instead of an adapter card.

**Guyver** · 24 July 1999, 11:25

I'm using the standard OEM PIII-450 with Intel Fan @ 2.0V. I have added one fan (used to be attached to a PC Power & Cooling AMD K6 CPU Fan/Heatsink combo) mounted on motherboard standoffs that sits on top of the G200 PCB blowing air up through the channel between heatsink and plastic shell. Note: I have a 4500 RPM cpu fan (3-wire) scavanged off of a dead PII-266 (was dead when I received it) attached to the heat sink of my G200. Without it, I would be afraid that the heat off of the G200 would make my processor worse.

My case has 1 7CM case fan in the bottom front drawing air in. I have a 6CM case fan exhausting air below the power supply. I have the power supply exhausting air. I have the CPU fan, and the G200 fan, and the spare cpu fan blowing through the channel.

My CPU runs a cool 39C - running Prime95....

Since I'm hitting 600 at the standard 2.0V, I think I can recommend this board to anyone. Is it the best board, I can't answer that - I can say that I've not had 1 problem with it, period...

[This message has been edited by Guyver (edited 07-24-99).]

**agallag** · 25 July 1999, 14:43

I'm all for Asus, but did anyone notice the Asus.com (US) site this weekend. It got hacked on Friday, and wasn't fixed until Sunday evening. I'll try to paste in the copy I managed to save...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Tony</TITLE>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META content=ToNy- name=Author>
<META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY aLink=#000000 bgColor=#000000 link=#000000 text=#ffffff vLink=#000000>
<CENTER>Ce site a été hacké
par</CENTER>
<CENTER>oO_Oo</CENTER>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<CENTER>Stoppez
vos manifestations contre la
guerre.</CENTER>
<CENTER>Les bombes il faut bien les
envoyer pour stopper</CENTER>
<CENTER>le génocide orchestré par
les Serbes. Arretez de</CENTER>
<CENTER>penser
éléction, Arretez de penser
en petit</CENTER>
<CENTER>egoiste. 300
000 personnes deportées et vous,</CENTER>
<CENTER>vous braillez.
Vous attendez quoi de TF1, LCI,</CENTER>
<CENTER>CNN? Vous attendez
quoi ? la phase <BLINK>99</BLINK>.
Arretez</CENTER>
<CENTER> et agissez,
agissez vraiment car il y a vraiment...</CENTER>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<CENTER>URGENCE
!</CENTER>
<CENTER> </CENTER>
<DIV align=right><IMG height=40 src="" width=54></DIV>
<CENTER> </CENTER></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

Ok, it didn't paste too well, but you get the idea. Imagine a black background too...

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Andrew Gallagher - andrew@agallagher.com
Asus P2B-S, PII-350, 64MB PC100, 12.7GB Quantum Fireball EX ATA-33, 3.2GB IBM Deskstar3 EIDE, 2 Quantum Atlas I 2.1GB UWSCSI, Toshiba 6201 SCSI CD, WangDAT SCSI, MillG200 8MB (Anxiously awaiting my G400MAX), SBLive! Retail, Win98SE

[This message has been edited by agallag (edited 07-25-99).]

**cpld005** · 28 July 1999, 18:22

Hey Jammrock, I have a question for you, I just installed my P3B-F, with these components installed:
PIII 450 non-o/c (yet)
G400 non-o/c
128 MB Micron PC133 memory (Mushkin)
Adaptec 2940U2W
SB Live Retail
Plextor CD-Rom
3Com 3c905TX net card.
Here is the deal, I installed WIndows 98 (sucky edition), and when I went to run a benchmark on 3dmark max, I got this horrific
studdering and framerates dropped to below 20, I thought that was odd so I reformatted and tried again, same thing, I changed the PCI slot the scsi controller was in, and that semmed to fix it (this was after another re-install of WIndows) until I installed the net card and SB Live! studdering happened again, I checked my system properties and there was 3 devices on IRQ 15, USB,SB Live, and Adaptec card. I ditched all the scsi stuff and put in IDE drives ROms and the like, re-installed again, same thing this time USB and SB Live! are trying to use IRQ 5 and the studdering still does not stop. Any ideas? I like the board but at this point it's useless to me. I also flashed the bios to 1002.

**cpld005** · 29 July 1999, 02:59

I failed to mention that aqn Intel board (SE440BX-2) did not cause any problems, it was until I installed the Asus that these anomalies arose.

**Jammrock** · 29 July 1999, 05:51

cpld005,

I posted a VERY long post here for you:

http://forums.gagames.com/forums/For...ML/002437.html

Basically I had the same trouble and had to run some tweaks (okay, a lot of tweaks) to get it working stable at high bus speeds. For me it is caused by the SDRAM timing and the video card, but for you it may be an IRQ issue. Anyway, go to my post and see how it all works out.

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

**GoKhoo** · 29 July 1999, 18:22

Hey guys, been reading your posts after I ordered an Abit BE6 tonight. I'm throwing in a G400MAX (sometime soon when they start shipping more), a PIII-450 that I want to OC somewhere in the 500s, and some new RAM. Question is are the PC133s really worth the price? How much gain do you get? Or should I stick to the PC100s since the BE6 isn't that "stable"? Appreciate any comments on this for a guy who doesn't know much on RAM.

**Guyver** · 30 July 1999, 00:15

GoKhoo,

The BE6 is rock solid @ 600 (4.5 * 133) with the 133Mhz HSDRAM from pc133memory.com or mushkin.com.

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Running an ABIT BE6, PIII-450 @ 600Mhz, 128MB (128x1) PC133HSDRAM (running @ 133), 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.....

**Guyver** · 30 July 1999, 05:33

'Tis an OEM unit - NP OC'ing.

The only additional cooling I've attached to my rig is a small cpu fan held off by motherboard standoffs (trimmed to fit below the processor) that sits on the AGP video card and blows air through the channel between the case and the heatsink on the OEM PIII. This creates a constant vertical airflow towards the top of my case where the exhaust fan (additional) blows it outside.

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Running an ABIT BE6, PIII-450 @ 600Mhz, 128MB (128x1) PC133HSDRAM (running @ 133), 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.....

[This message has been edited by Guyver (edited 07-30-99).]

**GoKhoo** · 30 July 1999, 16:13

Thanks Guyver. You've inspired me to throw my money to the wind an pick up some stuff from Mushkin.com. Got me one of those sweet 128-HSDRAM sticks! BTW, on your PIII, how do you cool it and did you get an OEM or a retail boxed version? I hear the OEMs aren't as reliable in OCing.

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