Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:41:45 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@tahoma.cwu.edu> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: P55TP4XE issues, SP3G q's Message-ID: <Pine.VUL.3.91.960216102233.5353A-100000@tahoma.cwu.edu>
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I'd be interested in hearing from people familiar with the ASUS P55TP4XE on
the following issues:
1) Securing the motherboard in a standard mid-tower case. The 2/3
baby-AT board size hasn't fit very well into the last two cases
I've tried. Although I can match up enough plastic spacers to
firmly support the board, I've only been able to match up one
hold-down screw with the board. The result is that the board
wants to slip downward - and also from side-to-side. I've
slid a couple of unfastened plastic motherboard attachment
clips onto the side of the board which shim it against the
back of the case where the periperal cards go - this helps...
Perhaps I've just made poor case selections - any ideas?
2) Upgrading the on-board SRAM cache from 256k to a pipelined-burst
module. This looks possible, but when I called motherboards
intnl, the sales person indicated that I couldn't do this.
I suspect otherwise - any clues on a supplier for the
PB module?
3) 70ns memory and P100 - I know it says not to do this. I made a
mistake and got 70ns memory anyways. It works, but recently
I've been having some lockups w/no panic, etc. This coincides
with placing the machine under much heavier loads (make world,
more users, etc. 2.1-R, 2.1-STABLE.) Would it be plausible
that I'm having a memory problem (given that the machine was
a model of stability under lighter loads?)
Regarding the SP3G - I'm thinking about putting together a machine to thrash
with at home. I have enough spare parts that I just need the main board and
a processor. The spec sheets I've seen show it topping out with a DX4/100,
but then I've seen messages where other people are putting all kinds of
faster AMD processers in the SP3G.
Any comments on what I should do here?
Regards,
-Chris
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