The QQ-? Bios is not stabel yet, so use the QQ-Beta bios for now.
Don ....
ptah wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Greetings,
> >
> > Help please. I intend to run Mandrake 7.0-2 (smp) on a dual-celeron motherboard.
>Abit BP6 specifically. Does anyone have any experience to share? Are there any
>issues (hardware, software, performance) with this motherboard? Many thanks. :-)
> >
> > CHAN Kin Poon
>
> Yeah I do this configuration at one time. If you haven't bought
> the motherboard yet, I would *NOT* recommend it. The BP6 is
> not a stable motherboard. The HPT/366 controller in my
> opinion is substandard to the promise controller.
>
> I ran a dual 500 configuration, and the biggest issue
> in my opinion is the weak 66mhz FSB when two processor
> are trying to share it. Here is a little example,
> it takes my wife's 300a o/c to 464 (100mhz FSB)
> 8 hours 20 minutes usally to do a seti packet,
> it takes a single 500 on the BP6 around 10 hours
> 45 minutes, and DUAL 500's about 14hrs for each
> packet -- but thats 2 packets in 28 hours..
>
> I got rid of it for stability issues and the 66 FSB.
>
> If you already have the motherboard, make sure you
> update to QQ bios. The HPT/366 is flakey and
> doesn't like the PCI devices to be overclocked.
>
> I would look into another solution, but if the FSB
> is not a big concern for you, then it should be ok,
> hopefully the QQ 2 beta bios has worked out even
> more kinks on this motherboard.
