ABIT motherboard compatibility

[bcronin]

Haig, I was having this problem (AGP2X with Abit BX6R2.0) and just had my board replaced. The new one was mfg'd in Ireland (as opposed to Canada for the bad one) and there were 3 wires from the fan to the power connector (as opposed to 2 on the bad one). The new board works just fine. I am about to return the bad one to the Online Store. Before I do that, might you want to set things up so that my returned board somehow gets sent to you for analysis? Since (at least in my case) the problem was apparently due to a hardware defect in the G400 Max, if you got ahold of my bad board, you might stand a better chance of tracking down exactly what the problem is (potentially helping others who may have this problem identify whether their board is affected). I'm planning to return the board Monday or Tuesday of next week. If you want to make any special arrangements, drop me an email to bcronin@idsi.net.

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Cheers,
BC

[bcronin]

Another thought. It might make sense for those of you with the Abit AGP2X lockup problem to report where your G400 Max was manufactured, just to see if there may be any validity to my suspicion of quality control problems with the early Canadian boards. If you have no problems at all, please don't bother to say so. Just thoes of you who are having problems. QC problems typically affect only a small percentage of a production run, so it is natural that most of the boards will be fine. That fact alone does not necessarily imply that there were no problems with the run (and further, that the systems of those who are having problems are somehow at fault).

So, how about it? Any one who is having this problem have a board mfg'd in Ireland? Or, are they all Canadian boards? It may also be useful to post your board serial number.

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Cheers,
BC

[Nuno]

If that helps, both my G200 and G400 were made in Ireland. Europe rules

[Scytale]

BC, thanks for posting. We seem to be getting somewhere. My (troublesome) MAX was made in Canada too. RMA time, I suppose.

[ALBPM]

Both my Max and plain G400 were made in Canada and both work very well with the BX6 rev 2 and the BE6 motherboards.

Paul

[Perception]

if im having probs and i bought an oem one from some guy on a message board can i get a "rma" whatever that is.... i just wanna get it replaced (preferrably for free hehe)

[bcronin]

Thanks ALBPM, but it is clear that a lot of boards made in Canada are just fine. What I'm trying to establish is whether all the ones that are failing were made in Canada or not. So, while I appreciate your taking the time to respond, I'd really rather hear from folks whose board is not working in AGP2X where it was made, to try to establish whether there may be some sort of a pattern.

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Cheers,
BC

[Rags]

I just built a system with a G400 and BE6, and tried it in my own BH6, it was built in Canada, and had no problems whatsoever.

Rags

[jsb]

I have a bh6+MAX+PIII and NO way to get AGP*2 to work D3D. 2D no problem.

[Rob M.]

As I've been saying, both of the 2 MAX's I've had problems with were Canadian as well. Although my friend who bought the next MAX on the shelf has his working fine in his BH6, so maybe just SOME Canadian boards have problems. As for the people who think we're idiots who can't setup our computers or that all ABIT customers are misreporting overclocking problems, you're dead wrong. I ran the tech department in one of Toronto's biggest computer stores for a couple of months, so I know it's not my setup that's bad here.

[Zypher]

Since were running a tally as it is...

300A @464
2x128mb cas2
BH6 bought Nov 98

AGP G400max bought Sept 99, ireland make
PCI1 Voodoo2 or empty (both fine, just added)
PCI2 Voodoo2 or empty (again, no irqs)
PCI3 Tekram 390F
PCI4 generic 10/100 ethernet
PCI5/ISA1 SB64g
ISA2 pnp Modem
USB is on (mouse and monitor)

2X and BM, a-ok, I run my system 24/7 except when screwdriver action is needed.

My only problem is q3test online, stutters funny. Benchmarks and 16-way lan party are great though ~40fps 1024x768

[SteveC]

G400 32mb normal DH here, Abit BX6r2.2, AGP 2X, BM on no probs at all. Runs for days without crashes or anything.

Oh, and my G400's canadian.

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)




[This message has been edited by SteveC (edited 09-26-1999).]

[asiriann]

I just recently bought a PIII-500, BE6, and a G400Max. I was experiencing the same issue with lockups oin AGP 2x mode after about 10mins. I switch the board to 1x mode and it worked fine. Last week I had Matrox cross ship a new board and this one works fine in 2x mode. Guess what, the original board was manufac'd in Canada and the new one was from Ireland.

[Perception]

I have the PII - G400 32 D/H - BE6 combo and I have had MANY PROBLEMS... I finally put the last nail in the tomb when I changed my motherboard settings agp speed thing from 2/3 to 1/1... I have no clue why but no more crashes!!!! HOORAY.. anyways you have to go to soft menu and go to custom, set your own clock speed (a little more if you want wink wink) and make sure you set agp clock to 1/1. im not sure if thats forcing my agp 1x cause i have no clue how to do it, and if thats it ok...

[Rags]

What P2 do you have, Perception?

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