Abit be6-II, Matrox g400 Max and games

[DuRaNgO]

Are you using the htp370 for your hdd? If yes, try switching to the regular ide (udma33) and disable the htp370 through bios
jim

[This message has been edited by DuRaNgO (edited 05 December 2000).]

[rubank]

sedka,

try to get this: it´s your CPU that´s the culprit. It won´t run stably at 133 FSB. Tough luck.
Better (?) cooling of the vidcard won´t help.

And look in bios for a correct reading of the CPU temp, I don´t beleive it´s running cooler than your mobo.

rubank

[sedka]

Here is the temp for my system in the BIOS
system temp 1 23~25C
system temp 2 29C
CPU temp 27~29C

I am using the htp370 for my HDD. I will try that now.

[sedka]

Update to system temp:
system 1 26~27C
system 2 30~31C
CPU 31~32C
I had the computer on for about 40min so far.

I switched the cable and connection to the 33 for the HDD. I disabled the htp370 under the system in win98. I looked in the BIOS and I could not find anything that would disable the htp370. When It goes to the screen where it detects the HDD (ctrl + h to get in), it will not allow me to get in ( I think because I had the cable connecting to it siwtched). This did not solve the problem. BGII still crashes, plus there are abnormal squares when I play the game. A flashing square that was a part of another image in game somewhere else on the screen.

[HOBO]

The BE6-II is a finiky motherboard due to the hpt366 controller, just read some of the posts on the abit newsgroup and you'll see what I mean. I have two of them running with G400's and I can tell you they are a pain in the clacker, but on the other hand, once you have them going ok, they're sweet as, it just takes a lot of stuffing around to get them this way. Please note that it is not the abit board which causes all the problems, it's the highpoint technology controllers, they are sh!t!!!!

Visit this link and it wil guide you through hopefully finding a fix to your problems, it help me immensely!

http://home.earthlink.net/~strayman/BE6II.htm

Hope this helps

Hobo

[SteveC]

OK, sedka, can you please tell us exactly what CPU you do have?

Also, it could be the RAM - it could be unreliable or faulty...

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[sedka]

Thanks, I will try some of the answers on the http://home.earthlink.net/~strayman/BE6II.htm site tonight to see if it will help.

I will also post info on my CPU and Memory tonight as well.

[sedka]

The that is written on my CPU is:
800/256/133 1.65V S1

The memory is:
kingmax 128 pc150

What I did using the website:
1) switched the cards around on the PCI
-1st Diamond mx400
-2nd Creative PC-DVD
-3rd Phillips video capture card
-4th US Robotics 56k modem

2) Switched the HDD to the UDMA33 connector and set the ultra DMA for IDE1 in the BIOS to disable

3)Changed the boot up sequence in the BIOS
-1st boot: floppy
-2nd boot: HDD-1 (no UDMA66 option)
-3rd boot: CD-ROM

4)changed all the memory cas to 3

5) set the 8/16 bit I/O recovery time to NA in the BIOS

I also tried switching back to UDMA66:
-set the Ultra DMA controller back on
-HPT BIOS to MODE 4

None of these worked...
Also the first time I set the new config up, starting BGII rebooted my computer, after that every time I play BGII it goes to the "blue screen" where I have to reset the computer manually (pushing the reset button).


**side note, turning the 3d acceleration off fixes the graphic anomities while playing the game.

[sedka]

Unfortunaly, I don't have another RAM to change with, I will check if one of my friends will lend me one to check.

I did put some thermal glue between the Globe and the chip when I install the Globe. I will redo it again when I get home tonight.

[Raptor^]

Seeing as everything else is running within its spec'ed speed, I expect the problem is either with the motherboard or the G400.

My bet is on the G400 not liking an 89Mhz AGP bus. My MAX is fine at 89Mhz at 2X AGP with additional cooling, but if I push it any higher it won't work even in AGP 1X



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Unreal Fortress developer

[rubank]

SteveC,

you´ve run a fork into my soft parts, you miserable sod.

(it hurts to have one´s ignorance revealed)

[SteveC]

Aha rubank, I win!

anyway, sedka, can you try with some different RAM? It's got to be either your RAM, CPU or Mobo is flaky and can't handle 133Mhz bus.... try swapping components until you find the culprit.

Oh, one thing, have you tried putting some heatsink compound between the BX chipset and its heatsink??

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[cjolley]

Mine workes fine at 95 mz!
chuck

PS My vote goes for his keyboard (i'm not kidding) or his ram.
Come to think of it though, didn't you alerady have a problem once with your MB?
Maybe the MB supplies the wrong voltage or something to the bios chip.


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ABit BE6-2 V2, P3-650@923, 256mb@142cas3, 90gig (2x45) IBM 75GXP striped raid array, SB Live Value@3.0, Pioneer 104s DVD, Mitsumi CDRW@2x2x8, Acatel 1000 ADSL@1.5mb/sec, Linksys EtherFast NIC, LG 995e, USB mouse,Matrox G400 MAX!!!!

[This message has been edited by cjolley (edited 09 December 2000).]

[sedka]

One of my friends has a Matrox G400, I will ask him if he can take it out of his computer along with memory and one of his 600MHZ cpu and bring it to my house to check my computer. This will take a few days...
If it is the Matrox G400 is it possible exchange it for another one that will work with my Motherboard(I took the heat sink out and put in a video card cooler fan)?

[sedka]

It loks like my friend will not be able to lend me the parts until the 19th of this month...two days before I leave for my vacation.
I think I will do a fresh reinstall of my system to make there is no software conflicts. Should I have windows 98 or 2000 in C drive? Also should i have the win2000 drive in NTFS format or should i have bothe win98 and 2000 in FAT32?
I'm thinking that if win2000 drive is in NFTS format and win98 cannot see the drive maybe some programs will write to win2000 drive(D in win2000) when it i put programs in games drive (D in win 98).
EX. in windows2000
C: win98
D: win2000
E: games
In win98 since it cannot see NTFS drives
C: win98
D: games
Or am I totally wrong?