I've got a BP6 with two 366a's on it overclocked to 458 each. (I backed
down to 458 just to be safe, the cpu's *will* go over 550 no problem. I
figured 458 was a bit safer). This setup works quite well with NT as long
as you update the bios with the beta bios from Abit. The bios for the mb is
actually the same but since the ATA66 controller is on the board the beta
bios is more for it. There are also newer ATA drivers there too. Without
the drivers, you might see some random lockups if you move large amounts of
data through the machine.
I would assume that the same problems exist on the BE6 as well to some
degree since it is the HighPoint controller having a problem and not the
board per se. As well, there is only a $10-20 difference between the two
boards giving you the ability to add a second processor if needed. The
second CPU does not have to match or even be the same speed as the first
although I highly recommend it anyway.
This setup is running SQL7 under NT4 SP 5 quite well and is very stable
now. It was a bit rough at first before the bios and driver updates. I am
using a Maxtor 15GB 7200 RPM ATA66 drive.
I doubt it will be knocking over any big brand name servers anytime soon,
but it does an outstanding job for the money. I imagine if you threw a good
raid controller on it and tons of RAM it would hang pretty well with the
bigger stuff.
In the near future we plan on trying out one of the new Promise ATA66 RAID
controllers with 3 of the Maxtor 72000 RPM drives and putting it head to
head with a big Compaq running dual Xeons. I figure it will get beat by the
Compaq, but by how much remains unanswered. It should be fun.
Also, there is a terrific third party site covering the BP6 at:
http:\\www.bp6.com (imagine that)
We use Abit almost exclusively and the products and tech support have been
great.
One last thing I thought: Make sure you use plastic spacers or insulate
your screws well when mounting the mb in the case. Some people have
reported a grounding problem in rare cases if the board gets grounded to
the case.
Todd
At 12:15 AM 9/26/99 , you wrote:
>Do you recommend that to be used in WinNT?
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Andrew Cook
>>To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 3:30 AM
>>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] off topic: IDE Harddisk limitation
>>
>>OK, I just finished the install. Worked great. The board came with one
>>ATA33 and one ATA66 cable; I have no idea how much more 66 cables
>>cost. I have four devices attached, each as master on its own channel -
>>the ATA66 HD, an ATA33, a CD-ROM, and a CD-R. My only caveat - I
>>installed Win98 on the ATA66. Everything went fine, but after final
>>reboot, I had to boot into safe mode and install the ATA66 drivers. Then
>>it booted fine.
>>BTW - I am using a PIII-450, not overclocking, but the board has SoftCPU
>>so you don't have to play with jumpers.
>>So far, I'd recommend it.
>>
>>Andrew
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of M O N D Y
>>>Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:39 PM
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] off topic: IDE Harddisk limitation
>>>
>>>cool! that is also what i have in mind. but what processor will you
>>>test your board? I believe that Abit-BE6 can support upto 8 IDE
>>>drives. Are the necessary cables provided already with the board?
>>>
>>>Raymond
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Andrew Cook
>>>>To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 6:42 AM
>>>>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] off topic: IDE Harddisk limitation
>>>>
>>>>Or, if you prefer Slot 1 or fear overclocking, I just got an
>>>>Abit-BE6. Single processor but otherwise similar to the BP-6. I am
>>>>building a home machine on it this weekend with a Quantum 13GB 7200
>>>>RPM/ATA66 drive. I'll let you know how it goes.
>>>>
>>>>Andrew Cook
>>>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From:
>>>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>tch.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Hunt
>>>>Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 4:20 PM
>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] off topic: IDE Harddisk limitation
>>>>
>>>>Yes, get the new ABit BP6 it is a dual CPU MB ( socket 370, not
>>>>slot 1) Two things that make this board the "HOT" item right now
>>>>
>>>>SMP support with celerons. People are taking cheap 366Mhz Celerons and
>>>>running them at 550Mhz
>>>>Regular 33Mhz IDE and the new 66Mhz IDE ports. Now you can have up to 8
>>>>IDE devices.
>>>>
>>>>Chris Hunt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 03:17 PM 9/24/99 +0800, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I just wanna ask if anyone on list has setup their NT servers with IDE
>>>>>harddisks. How do we setup more than 4 Harddisk on a computer? I
>>>>>only got 2 ports for each Primary and Secondary cables. Each has its
>>>>>own Master and Slave. Is there something I should buy?
>>>>>
>>>>>Raymond
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