Asus CUSL2 anyone?

[Sisyfos]

Just purchased this excellent? motherboard today.
What bothers me is that whichever fsb/ram/pci ratio you choose 66/100/33, 100/100/33, 133/100/33 or 133/133/33 the pci frequency only goes upwards from 33MHz, whereas on P3B-F you could have 124/124/31.
41MHz pci is not nice.
Am I missing something?

ASUS CUSL2 ACPI BIOS Revision 1001.A 06/21/2000.

/Kim

[isochar]

Where did you purchase it from??? Sorry I can't give a reply, I don't have one yet =)

[Sisyfos]

Purchased it from an online shop here in Denmark.
Rather surprised that it surfaced this early in Denmark as it seems it isn't readily available in the US.
Maybe ASUS favoured Europe before US

[Pertti]

I should be getting one within two weeks.

So far it looks like the best choice outside the BX boards, but time will tell.

Pertti

[isochar]

Best choice outside of a BX board? Read Sharky Extreme's review!

Summary is:

Compare an overclocked BX133 to an overclocked 815e (150fsb) and see which is best =)

As for purchasing it, I'm in the US. So I guess I have to wait another week or so =(

[Sisyfos]

So it seems I'm a bit early to profit by other people's experience with this board
I would like to know though, if there's a utility that can list all the actual frequencies FSB/RAM/PCI/AGP.
On a P3B-F I was able to choose between 124/124/41 and 124/124/31. The 124/124/41 was a no go, as my DVD and CD-R would fail. My HDs on a Ultra66 didn't seem to mind the 41 MHz.
I'm writing this at 124/124/41 (as shown by BIOS) but my DVD and CD-R are working properly´. Of course this is off a newer Intel controller, but I wonder.....
Anyway, the AGP ratio isn't shown in BIOS so it stands to question when the ratio switches between 1/1, 2/3 and 1/2.
If there's no way going under specs on PCI and AGP, it will be a limiting factor on the otherwise multitudinous FSB settings.

Phew, I think I'm finished for now, back to experimenting.......

/Kim

[isochar]

No, I can't speak of personal experience... yet.

However, take a look at these articles (I believe they should answer all your questions)
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardwa...l2/default.asp http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...ds/asus_cusl2/ http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1274

It seems that all of them agree this is the board to buy for all intel processors...

As for overclocking, it seems all of them had good success with this mobo.

[isochar]

I'm surprised you even bought the Abit SE6/SL6. The reviews I read at Firingsquad and HardOCP said to avoid it at all cost.

[cpld005]

I have used an SE6 for 2 weeks now, and it has been the most stable board I have ever used. After flashing to Bios to the latest version my memory scores doubled, My UT scores went from the high 40's using a G400Max to the low 60's with a PIII 600E o/c'd to 800Mhz with PC133 Ram at 2-2-2. This board has impressed the hell out of me and my roommate who will be buying one next weekend. So far I love it and will never go back to a board based on a BX chipset. Everything runs to spec (except the o/c'd processor) and it has been a ROCK. I don't see any of the problems that these reviews have had, or maybe I am just better at building computers then these guys are.

[LAMFDTK]

I have two SE6's and they are great! Reread those articles. These boards (815e) are the choice for all INTEL processors. Check your power supply IceStorm. Just a suggestion! If you buy one of these boards you will not be sorry.

[dwright]

I changed the P3V4X for a CUSL2 on the week-end, keeping all other components the same. The initial results show it to be a little slower in 3dmark2000 61xx instead of 63xx but I still have to tune the memory settings in bios. I had to reload win98se but not win2000. Win98 boot disk did not boot and hung on scanning pci so I had to use a boot disk from bootdisk.com (to reload win98se). Some benchmarks do not work HD-tach and Sandra 2000 had problems (they also give me problems on my KX133 system). QuakeIII performance was about the same. I am glad to have the CUSL2 and I was able to trade in a P3B-f to help offset the price. I have a PIII600fc @800, 258mb apacer pc133, and a geforceII on the system. So far its been stable from the start (kind of like the P3V4X is now).
Please let me know if you find bios changes/settings that help performance.
Thanks from Canada.

[Pertti]

Got mine on Thursday, and installed it last night into my RT2000 system, and so far it is looking very good.

Pertti

[Sisyfos]

I'm really beginning to appreciate this board. The AGP implementation seems rock solid. At 82/83 MHz I'm getting 2x every time. And that's with the default 'AGPFalback=1' setting in registry.

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PIII650(AC2)@123/123/41 on CUSL2, 2x128MB Apacer 133 Cas3, Hitachi CM813ET on G400Max, 2xIBM DPTA 372050, HP 9110i, Pioneer 104S, SBLive, SpeedStream 3010 and Aopen HQ08 tower.

[Pertti]

The board does indeed look and feel good, but is not quite up to my previous P2B-S in NLE setup.

The maximum AGP apperture is 64MB, and the RT2000 requires 256MB, there is a work-around, but that is probably responsible for some problems that I am experiencing.

For normal setup, there are no problems, stability is awesome for any board, let alone something that is fresh out of the oven.

My setup:

Motherboard: Asus CUSL2, rev1.02, bios 1001a
Prosessor: Intel PIII-700 (100MHz)
Memory: 2x128MB Micron PC100
PSU: Fortron/Source FSP300-60GT (300W)
Mouse: Logitech Pilot PS/2 (three buttons)
Monitor1: Hitachi CM752ET 19"
Monitor2: ICL Fujitsu 171V 17"

IRQ Device
0 System timer
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmable interrupt controller
3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
4 Matrox RT2000
4 Realtek RTL8029(AS) PCI Ethernet NIC
4 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
5 Creative SB Live! Value
5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7 Symbios Logic 8100S PCI SCSI Adapter; 53C810 Device
7 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 Win95-98 Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Controller
9 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
9 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
10 Matrox Millennium II PCI
10 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11 Matrox Millennium G400 (Flex 3D Edition) - English
11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B

(one of the IRQ Holders at IRQ3 is for disabled SMBus controller)
I configured the IRQ:s like they were on the P2B-S, exept that now without
the SBIDE on AWE32, I was able to give the Millenium II its own IRQ at 10.

AGP - G400flex
PCI1- RT2000
PCI2- RTL8029AS NIC
PCI3- Promise FT100
PCI4- Millenium II 4MB
PCI5- SBLive 1024
PCI6- Asus PCI-SC200 (Fast SCSI-2)

PCI1 Master - IBM-DTTA-371010, 10GB (ATA33)
PCI1 Slave - Maxtor DMP40 53073H6, 30GB (ATA100)
PCI2 Master - SG Barraguda ST320430A, 20GB (ATA66)
PCI2 Slave - SG Barraguda ST328040A, 28GB (ATA33 according to mobo bios)
(Above drives connected with shielded ATA66/100 cables)

Promise Ch1 Master - Maxtor 90750D6, 7.5GB (ATA33)
Promise Ch1 Slave - Maxtor 90750D6, 7.5GB (ATA33)
Promise Ch2 Master - Maxtor 90750D6, 7.5GB (ATA33)
(Above drives striped to a single array)
All the HD:s and the Promise array (apart from the 1GB FAT16 partition for
the OS) are FAT32 with 32kB cluster size.

SCSI ID4 - Pioneer DR-U16S CD
SCSI ID5 - HP 9210i CD-RW

Pertti

[Sisyfos]

What's the workaround for the aperture setting?
Or maybe I misunderstood, and you haven't got 256 aperture but some other solution specific to your RT2000?
Apparently there's no aperture setting in bios. I hope Asus will include it in a future bios.

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PIII750(BC0)@124/124/41 on CUSL2, 2x128MB Apacer 133 Cas2, Hitachi CM813ET on G400Max, 2xIBM DPTA 372050, HP 9110i, Pioneer 104S, SBLive, SpeedStream 3010 and Aopen HQ08 tower.