Other Dual boards

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Other Dual boards

Post by PDR60 »

Would it be possible to have a catagory for just general smp Mother boards and our config/problems and solutions. Not that the BP6 is a bad board but we may generate more traffic as a clearing house for general daul processor issues. I don't want us to become another www.2cpu.com but we could get alot more traffic by addressing some other boards and their usage.

I mean the BP6 was my first dual board and its still being used. It is a web server sitting beside my desk serving 13 web sites on SCSI drives. Its a wonderfull board. But it is also getting dated. I stepped up to dual P3 on another great econo-board --- the ECS DV6AA. Its along the same lines as the BP6. Its the board that the normal user can afford. No one on the net is covering these type of boards and their configs. My ECS is every bit as stable as my BP6.( and one whole lot faster). The cost factor is what made the BP6 such a hit. That same kind of econo/performance is what made BP6.com so popular.

I guess I just don't want to see this site loose its traffic/life. I started coming here when this was a new site(many moons ago). I would love to see it go on and move to other econo/performance dual solutions.

Like I said, its just a suggestion. maybe we could have a Poll
Phil
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Post by Derek »

Funny you should bring that up. I was working on exactly that.

Yes!
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Cool!! If you need some help let me know
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Thanks
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Post by Derek »

Only for those who are able to handle it ;) Only the elite!
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Post by onelegdis »

I hate to rain on your parade but if u check out" 2cpu.com" you will find the days of non Xeon SMP are upon us. With 64 bit and threaded P4/AMD CPU's about to arrive, it seems that the bubble is about to burst on cheap SMP!
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Post by Derek »

True... That's why we're the elite! (Heh)
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Post by HAL6000 »

actualy p4 xeon cpus are not that much. the board to run a pair will set you back at least $400.
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Post by DJ_Spray »

I'm about to get an Asus A7M266-D with 2 XP1800+.... still I keep my BP6 + 2x500cels ('give it to my dad..).....
well, i'll post the news....
BP6 w/ 2x500Cel , 768Mo PC133 RAM, 60Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x
A7M266D w/ 2x2200+AMD, 512Mo DDR, 160Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x, DVB-S
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DJ Spray inside
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Post by InactiveX »

DJ_Spray: I've just built one of those for an animator, only he's got 1900+s in his. It's a really good board. Might try BeOS on it - that would fly, heheheh.... 8)

I wouldn't mind one for myself, but the BP6 with 500MHz Celerons and a TNT2U still does everything I want.
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Post by DJ_Spray »

ok, so you have the same mobo!!??!! cool, 'cause I don't know if the procs (XP1800+) need some soldering (L5 bridge) or not?????
thanks for the reply InactiveX....
BP6 w/ 2x500Cel , 768Mo PC133 RAM, 60Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x
A7M266D w/ 2x2200+AMD, 512Mo DDR, 160Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x, DVB-S
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DJ Spray inside
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Post by InactiveX »

That's OK. I used Athlon MP chips so no reconnecting of bridges was needed.
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Omg!!!

Post by HAL6000 »

Okie so I got this new dual board at work

http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/Mothe ... /P4DP8.htm

With a pair of these

http://www.intel.com/products/server/pr ... xeon512kb&

With Hyper-Threading on it shows as 4 CPUs!!

Then a Promise Supertrack controller with 4 80GB IBM's in raid 5

64 bit Intel 100/1000 card

I think I'm still drooling but I can't feel anthing to tell at the moment :D
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Post by DJ_Spray »

well, just came back from vacations...
for the moment, still no dual AMD system running, as the mobo blew up once I plugged it... I'll get another tomorrow or by friday.... keep in touch.
BP6 w/ 2x500Cel , 768Mo PC133 RAM, 60Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x
A7M266D w/ 2x2200+AMD, 512Mo DDR, 160Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x, DVB-S
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DJ Spray inside
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Post by MJSoft »

:arrow: I've been reading about the Acorp D/6A815EPD which is a dual P3 MB with (or without) raid. It may not be an overclocker and it has a 512Mb RAM max, but it is a cheap entry into dual MB at about $30 plus shipping ($6 min) at CompGeeks

http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=MBB/

MJ
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Post by DJ_Spray »

just finally got my computer yesterday, running on it now... Asus A7M266D with 2 XP1800+, just had to unlock through the L5 bridge.... great system!!!
BP6 w/ 2x500Cel , 768Mo PC133 RAM, 60Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x
A7M266D w/ 2x2200+AMD, 512Mo DDR, 160Go HDD, DVD, CDR24x, DVB-S
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DJ Spray inside
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Post by RRLedford »

MJSoft,

I just got one of the ACORP Dual boards with RAID!
I saw that it can take the "upgradeware" adapter for Tualatin CPUs.
I'm going to shoot for Dual P-III/1100Es & see if I can get them to go up to 133MHz from their rated speed of 100MHz FSB.
** I already have the (2) P-III/1100E CPUs & want to know what OC level they are able to take (to see if it's just my BP6s that can't go to 124FSB).
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Post by MJSoft »

RRLedford,

Good going... let us know how it goes!

MJSoft
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Post by RRLedford »

Well the board arrived on Wed & looks good for a $45 price!
The Upgradeware adapter is only listed as available from one U.S vendor.
This scares me & AT $35/ADAPTER I'm not sure it is such a good deal.
I wonder if the PowerLeap 370/t adapter works with this M-board? SMP?
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Post by onelegdis »

I just picked up an ECS D6VAA dual P3 board (£40 Ebay). Does any one know anything about this board? I’ve checked to make sure it works with the 370GU CPU Upgrade Adaptor http://www.upgradeware.com/english/prod ... /370gu.htm, so dual P3 1400 S are possible!
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Post by PDR60 »

I have been running an ECS D6VAA with dual 1 gigs and up 2 gigs of ram. I must say it runns flawlessly. I am very pleased. I started out runnung Win2k, but now I am running Mandrake 9.0. I started running linux back in July and have since dumped Windows. I must say these boards and SMP run much better under linux. Don't get me wrong..... I never had any problems with this hardware under M$, but it seems to run much faster under Linux.
Right now this machine is running a Geforce 2TI, Maxtor 6L 40 gig drive, 512Meg of Crucial, and a 16x DVD drive. I must say its great. I haven't over clocked yet but its rock stable. I also play games with winex.

All in all You have made a good purchse and I'm sure you will be satisfied. Good luckl
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