G400MAX + Abit Bx6r2 = LOCK UPS

[Rob M.]

I don't think my problem is DH related. I actually used my first one fine for 4 days before the problem first reared its ugly head. Those 4 days did include a little DH use, but I didn't see the crash until well after. It really didn't come along as a result of something I ran. It just started happening. But for those of you who've been using theirs for a while, there's a lot of people who are working fine on exactly the same setup, so I wouldn't be too worried about this problem.

[Scytale]

That's very interesting, BC. Please keep us posted.

[bcronin]

Still working. No lockups at all. Been playing Midtown Madness all morning at 1152x864 with 32 bit Z buffer on, all grahpics options pushed to the max. No problems. I'd say the problem is fixed (or, at least, it is a *heck* of a lot better). IMHO anyone with an Abit BX6R2.0 who has had to force AGP1X to avoid lockups should get their board replaced. Based on my experience, it probably couldn't hurt to get one of the boards mfg'd in Ireland rather than the Canadian boards. I suspect a quality control problem of some sort with the early Canadian-mfg's boards, but beware this is based on a sample size of *one* board so there may be no validity to this suspicion whatsoever).

------------------
Cheers,
BC