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On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Alan Jones wrote:
>
> >From: Eric Andreychek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [LINUX-ABIT] BP6, stability improved
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >> You may have missed the discussion a couple of days ago about the
> >> importance of a very clean power source. What brand/model is your
> >> power supply?
> >
> >As there isn't an easy way to test this at this point, I wasn't sure how
> >to figure out if I had a decent power supply. Does anybody know anything
> >about an Antec 300 watt P/S model PP-303X? It's (obviously) an ATX P/S,
> >and claims to be ATX 2.01 compliant. I'm curious if it's been an
> >accomplice with my crashes.
>
> I use that power supply with no problems, but see below. I'd be interested
> in knowing if this is a good clean PS in the PB6 sence relative to other
> power supplies.
>
> > I have been having crazy problems with this guy,
> >using the QQ beta bios and any kernel that I tried. Lockups have been
> >every few hours.
> >
> >I haven't been using either for long, but I've recently upgraded to the
> >2.3.99pre5 kernel, and the QQ final. Since then (knock on wood), I
> >haven't had any crashes. My system has problably been running 5 five
> >hours since I've upgraded the BIOS, and it has probably run a total of 10
> >hours since the kernel upgrade (I turn my system off at night, so it
> >hasn't been 10 hours straight). But 10 hours is I believe the longest
> >I've ever gone without crashing since I installed my G400 and Sblive (Yes,
> >I tested each of the cards by themselves, and the system crashes with
> >either one by itself. If I take both out, the system is stable). I'll
> >let you know in a few days if I'm still having good experiences with this
> >kernel / bios.
> >
> >Thanks for all your suggestions / help!
> > -Eric
>
>
> My BP6 computer is still in an underdeveloped state. I've been holding off
> waiting for Linux 2.4, and a stable BIOS... The only specific problem with
> QQ that I have heard is that the LBA mapping for the HTP366 controller is
> different from the IDE 0/1 controller, making it difficult to move large
> drives between them without reformating. I have a 13.5M IBM HD. I did a
> brief check with the HTP366, then I moved the drive to IDE 0. I want to
> move it to IDE 2 when I do the system upgrade.
>
> I'm using two 300A's and 128M of PC100 Micron RAM. It should run at 450Mhz,
> but I'm not stressing the system yet. I typicaly run it 2-3 hours a day,
> mostly in DOS/W3.1, and some in Mandrake 6.0. I have an IDE CDROM and two
> more old small IDE drives attached. I have an Adaptec 2906 and an external
> Zip drive. I'm using a 1M Trident ISA video card and a 33.6k ISA modem. I'm
> not drawing enough current to stress the 300W power supply, yet.
>
> I want to upgrade to a multimedia type system, but I want to keep it cheap.
> I don't care about 3D gaming performance, but it should have some minimal
> game demo capability. I want a 2x APG video card, and a TV tuner, DVD
> player etc.
> The chapest solution might be a Matrox G200 with a Haupange TV tuner card,
> but I'd also like something with a hardware MPEG-2 decoder. The BP6 also
> has limitations on mumber/compatability of slots, interupts, and power.
> Would I be better off to buy an expensive all in one card? People seem to
> report more prolems using G400 card2 with the BP6. I also need a sound
> card, preferably a cheap PCI card with drivers for Linux and Dos/w3.1. And
> I need a PCI slot reserved for cable modem service. I'd like to see BP6
> specific recommendations, particularly with my existing 300W PS.
>
> One of my highest priorities is getting SCSI-2 CD-RW drive. Zip disks are
> just too expensive for data archiving. Can anyone recommend a good cheap
> unit, perhaps a slower discountinued model?
>
> Thanks, ALan Jones, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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