SURVEY for ABIT/G400 Max problems

[ALBPM]

This is a survey for ABIT motherboard owners who have had problems with proper seating of their G400 Max cards.

What kind or brand Case are you using???

Mine is a SuperPower Landmark, mid-tower, 250W. The standoffs or risers to hold the motherboard are machine stamped on the motherboard tray.

Paul

[Smiff]

I had a few problems with seating. Case is Gateway2000 Full Tower(late 1997). Quality bit of kit. Taking the motherboard (Abit BH6) right out and bolting it down properly fixed it

Smiff

[DuRaNgO]

no seating problems, generic case with really nice fan placement setup
with removable vented mobo panel
jim

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PIII-500mhz @ 620!
Abit BE6 mobo
128mb pc-100
Mill G400(YAHOO!!!) 32mb @ 165/205 with MGATweak)
PD 5.30
Maxtor 13.2 gb Uata66 hdd
SB Live!
Winblows 98se
DX7
THREE BIG FANS, six little ones and a case that sounds like a turbine engine...doh!

[Perception]

WOAHHHHHHHHHH YOU HAVE THE SAME CASE AS ME
god damn thats magical, dont u love the way the case looks hehehe. Anyways i've had a lot of probs and yea its really close to the edge but i dunno everythings working now, i actually tied a fan to my card... yes using almost shoe lace type string and jsut strapped it on... anyhow all problems fixed at 2x67mhz agp so whatever... everythings great vsync disabled due to recommendations i dunno why... should i have 32 bit zbuffer on???

[rjcarr]

I have a BE6, a g400, and an In-Win midtower. A little stretching did take place here and there in order to get everything seated right.

But, I never really had any g400 problems, just interrupt and pci slot issues, but nothing major.

[Scytale]

Dunno, looks purdy though

[SteveC]

No name, ATX Midi Tower (curved, sliding front) No real probs apart from the mobo isn't supported perfectly in the centre (end of AGP slot towards the middle of the board) and so the board has to be supported when pushing an AGP card in. No AGP 2x probs. Abit BX6r2

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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. ;¬)

[Electric Amish]

Mine didn't have any problems in 2 cases on my BH6.

Cases:
TTGI Suave 718 Mid ATX- $28
TTGI TT-101 Mid ATX- $26

Paul

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Retail Celeron 300a @ 464MHz
Abit BH6 v1.01(LN Bios)
128mb Generic PC-100 SDRAM
G400 32mb SH @ Fo=300MHz(5.30 Drivers)
Ovislink 10/100 Realtek NIC
E-Tech 56Kbps Modem
SB PCI128 Sound Card
Asus 40x CDROM
Western Digital Caviar 6.4GB (Win 98SE)
Western Digital Caviar 4.3GB (Red Hat 6.0)
17" Shamrock C708 .25 "Diamondtron" Monitor
(1) 120mm Panaflo Blow-hole
(2) 80mm Fans Card Cooler Style
(1) 80mm Fan @ case front

[merchant2112]

abit bh6 and min maw case (intel certifyed) of corse i turned the power fan around. no problems what so ever. real nice cheap case all heavy plastic with good metal shelding (was kind of a bitch cutting out grilling for front fan) this case even has vent slots in the top of the case.

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INTEL EVIL INSIDE, INTEL SPYCHIP INSIDE

[PeTe]

Well i have Abit BH6 + MAX, no problems.
Case is the cheapest i could find.. =)

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300A Celeron@463
128mb PC100
21Gb HD
Matrox G400MAX
19" Hitatchi 752
15" Nokia 449E
TV + Dolby ProLogic Surround
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Why didnt they make it TriHead ? ( 2 monitors +TV =)

[TheSaint]

BE 6
G400 Dual head
P3 500
Casing (not sure heh heh)
seating problems : negative
main problem : crashes..
solution tired :
go soft menu set agpclk/cpuclk to 1/1,reboot go windows,shutdown,go softmenu set agpclk/cpuclk back to 2/3,reboot
and woa lah~
but dun have a clue on what happened..

any one/god/saviors enlighten me please

[Echo|Fox]

Owned a G200 Mystique which I ran on my good ol' BH6, ripped it out and replaced it with a G400 vanilla and never had any problems with either of 'em. Sold the BH6 and G200 to my parents and bought a BE6 and was a happy camper :P That transition was easy too.
As for my case, Antec KS-188. Totally rocking, and only cost me $170 canadian (I've seen it cheaper, but i try and buy locally). Ars Technica reviewed it a while back.
Wither 2 _hot_ harddrives, my OC'd G400, OC'd P3, burner and DVD-ROM, my average case temp is 28 degrees, dipping as low as 26 and as high as 32 depending on how hot my room gets. This is a far cry from my old shitty generic case which hit 38 degrees celsius most days.
Only a standard OEM heatsink/fan on my P3 and 3 case fans, too :P

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P3-450@558mhz@2.1v, ABit BE6, 128megs PC133 SDRAM, SB Live! Value, G400 32meg Dualhead, Acer ALN-201 PCI 10bT NIC, 6.5gig Seagate Medalist Pro 7200rpm, 13gig Quantum Fireball CR, Yamaha 4416e Burner, Pioneer 10x DVD-ROM

[Brian R.]

G400 MAX in a ABIT BX6-2 with no problems. Case is Supermicro SC750A full tower.

Second instance is a G400 MAX in a Dell XPS-R450. No problems with operation.

Actually, I did have trouble seating the card in both the cases, but I fought it until I was sure it was in correctly. I found it difficult to insert the tang into the case next to the MB

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Win98SE, 450 PIII @ 581 MHz (2.0 V) w/GlobalWin VGS-08 heatsink/fan, ABIT BX6-2 MB, 128 MB Siemens PC100 SDRAM, G400 MAX, Diamond V2 SLI, Diamond MX300, CL Dxr3 Decoder, Adaptec AHA2940 w/uw SCSI, IBM 9ZX 9.1GB 10K UW SCSI HD, WDE 4360 4.3GB SCSI HD Supermicro SC750A case with PCP&C Silencer 275W PS, and a partridge in a pear tree.

[This message has been edited by Brian R. (edited 15 October 1999).]

[bcronin]

My case is an InWin Q500 tower. I had problems with the original Canadian G400 Max, but not the replacement Irish model.

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Cheers,
BC

[3rdStone]

InWin Q500. I had lockups with an Abit BH6 and an Asus P3B-F. My new Irish 3 wire cured me.

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