Go to the ABIT site www.abit.com.tw for the bios information and
updates.
ttyl,
Don ....
Vu Nguyen wrote:
>
> Hi
> Where can I get the QQ-Beta bios ?
> Can you give me the website?
> Thank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake (smp) on a dual celeron ABIT BP6 motherboard
>
> > The QQ-? Bios is not stabel yet, so use the QQ-Beta bios for now.
> >
> > Don ....
> >
> > ptah wrote:
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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.
>
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