Yup. Have to agree. the BX chipset was fantastic. Crank it up to 100@4.5. I have one that has been running that at stock voltage for years! I have tried the P2 Vs. Celery A. And I honestly cannot tell a difference in XP or 2K.
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if you stick with win98 do the sys driver updates..........
don't rember the seven files,but go through the device drivers in the control pannel, system devices, there are driver names in brackets behind the driver for the device . these should be in cab 46 or 47???? copy to both system and system32 folders they will be automaticaly picked up................i think that's a first for m$
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calanother dawg basking in the sun
iwill xp333-r, xp2500@ 340ddr :need better ramComment
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Then I'll have to say it loud enough::Originally posted by funky-d-munky
GT-98
Bx chipset and crappy should not be said together :>
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."Comment
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Mister, Thems fightin words!Originally posted by Technoid
Then I'll have to say it loud enough::
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
BX can be crappy!
(Asus P2-B, P3-B RULE! )"I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned."Comment
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Packard Bell
Gateway,
Compaq,
Siemens and
INTEL Mobos with BX chipset stunk untill several bios revisions
Ex: Bios bug made it impossible to install W98 without disabling the floppy
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."Comment
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Ewww. Packard Bell? thats not a PC, that is a paper weight!
"I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned."Comment
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"Packard Bell
Gateway,
Compaq,
Siemens and
INTEL Mobos with BX chipset stunk untill several bios revisions"
Well if you buy any of those proprietary systems what do expect? And considering its been out for about 5 years I think the bios has gone through a few revisions.
Abit BH6(the mother of all o/c'ers) celeron 300a@450 for years and years.
Abit BP6 2xceleron 366@550- years and years also.
Neither is my main system, but I never have to worry about them ever, on like a four year O/C!
PS- Just for laughs once we benched my dual celeron 550 against a dual Xeon 550 w/1 meg cache(half speed mind you).
The celeron smoked it on a linux kernel compile. Of course the xeon's kicked ass in the actuall server environment because of the huge cache. Was kind of funny back in the day- $300 vs. $6,000, and the small guy wins. He he.Oh my god MAGNUM!Comment
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No I do not buy those kind of systems!!Originally posted by funky-d-munky
"Packard Bell
Gateway,
Compaq,
Siemens and
INTEL Mobos with BX chipset stunk untill several bios revisions"
Well if you buy any of those proprietary systems what do expect? And considering its been out for about 5 years I think the bios has gone through a few revisions.
Abit BH6(the mother of all o/c'ers) celeron 300a@450 for years and years.
Abit BP6 2xceleron 366@550- years and years also.
Neither is my main system, but I never have to worry about them ever, on like a four year O/C!
PS- Just for laughs once we benched my dual celeron 550 against a dual Xeon 550 w/1 meg cache(half speed mind you).
The celeron smoked it on a linux kernel compile. Of course the xeon's kicked ass in the actuall server environment because of the huge cache. Was kind of funny back in the day- $300 vs. $6,000, and the small guy wins. He he.
I was just ilustrationg that any chipset has its good and BAD days (or motherboards)
I'm the guy that repairs said systems
BX based boards show up as much as other Intel chipset boards!
and Intel is equaly representted on Crappy boards as VIA, SIS ALI, ETC ETC!
Saying that as long as the mobo has BX chipset will make it "good" is to live in denial...If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."Comment
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Yeah my system has been running rock solid for 4+ years using the wonderful Asus P2-BOriginally posted by Byock
Mister, Thems fightin words!
(Asus P2-B, P3-B RULE! )
“And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'†~ Merlin MannComment
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I'm with Funky-d on this one (on the first page anyway!), with one caveat....
I used to build PC's for friends for years....
only install an operating system you understand/know a bit. You will end up maintaining it too.....
I would plump for XP, all the way. The P isnt the only thing that is out without 98 support..... Its easier to use and its not significantly harder on a reasonable PC (twin 466 celeron here on a BP6..... 256 Mb of Ram and it flies.....)
RedRedDont just swallow the blue pill.Comment
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hmmm....weird for me a pII 233 seemed a lot smoother than a celeron(300A) 450.
It was not faster in games etc...but just general windows work and MS devstudio 6 were definitely smoother. But for games the 300A@450 is defintely faster...Comment
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Tons of BX motherboards from Intel and built by Msi no trouble at all at our place.Comment
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I did not say "BX is crappy"
I did say "BX can be crappy"
I have also built tons of machines with MSI BX mobos without trubbel, but that goes for VIA as well
If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.
Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."Comment
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Suppose if PCchips built the board.
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I think thats what this board isOriginally posted by The PIT
Suppose if PCchips built the board.
Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?Comment
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