Here I go again!!!

[Mr B]

Picked up a USB keyboard Tuesday to go with the Soyo 6BA+III mb I got last month. The mb has bad PS/2 ports, so the only way to use it is with the USB and a serial (or USB) mouse.

I got it for next to nothing, though......=)

Well, I finally got a chance to play with it tonight.......

OH MY...............!!!

Picked up 1 more MHz of FSB. Now at 117, Celeron cC0 600@ 1053, 2.05v.

Even better, is the tremendous boost the fabled BX chipset gave my memory benchmark in Sandra.

With the A-Trend mb (VIA Apollo Pro 133) I got scores if 124/129 with 320MB ram installed.

With the Asus P3C2000 I pulled out tonight (i820) I got 230ish scores, w/ 256 MB onboard.

The Soyo pushed that up to 326/353, w/ the same 256 MB ram.

I've gotta start looking into getting a 7200 rpm HDD soon, as the 5400 might be slowing me down at this point.

This is AWESOME !

BTW...Sandra CPU Bench scores;

Dhry...........2861
Whet..........1424
Interger.......5739
Float. Point..7027

Performance rating.....1264.

Seems stable thus far, will really wring it out tomorrow.

G'nite all.........

Mr B

[LimeyGreg]

Better hope you don't have to do anything in DOS or "Safe Mode" - USB don't work there.

[Phil]

it does with a recent bios that has the option for a usb keyboard

[Mr B]

Phil (Mar 02, 2001 03:37 p.m.):
it does with a recent bios that has the option for a usb keyboard

I spotted that in the BIOS when I was first setting it up. Enabled that immediately. =)

Mr B

[Mr B]

Had a moment of rational thought.

Backed off to 1009 MHz at 1.9v. I suppose I have my Gig, maybe I should let it live, and not burn it up.

Still can't believe how far this puppy WILL go, though. I'm half tempted to invest in a water cooling setup, and see if this bugger has a bit more left in it.

Mr B

[batboy]

Mr. B, you really need to scrape a few bucks together and find a good inexpensive Abit BE6 version II board or something similar. I'd buy an Abit BX133 RAID board in a heartbeat, if the price was right. Nice job tweaking that Celly...hehehe...since we're bragging...check out my sig.

[Mr B]

batboy (Mar 03, 2001 12:14 p.m.):
Mr. B, you really need to scrape a few bucks together and find a good inexpensive Abit BE6 version II board or something similar. I'd buy an Abit BX133 RAID board in a heartbeat, if the price was right. Nice job tweaking that Celly...hehehe...since we're bragging...check out my sig.

I know, I know........

I bought an Asus P3C2000 thru e-BAY a short time ago, as I couldn't find a BE6 II in my price range at the time. Damned if'n one didn't get listed a week later at the same $$ I spent on the Asus....=( *whine*

I've got an Alpha P3125 coming for my P/// 600E in a week or so, so I'll be hanging on to the Asus 'til at least then, as I can get the P/// to run as fast at the Soyo will go, with the intel hsf on it. (155 MHz FSB, it just gets real hot, real quick, w/ the intel hsf) I think the P/// will possibly get to 166 (996MHz) with the Alpha on it, and the Asus will go to 180.

The Asus works ok, but is a bit tempermental. Doesn't like my ISA SCSI card, PC133 ram, and I'll have to modify the Alpha slightly to fit on it. My Celeron/slocket/PEP66 fits no problem.

Unless, someone wants to buy the Asus from me....I'll let it go for $75, + shipping....... (that's what I spent)

The Soyo works great, aside from the PS/2 ports not working. The BX chipset does a bit better than the i820. The Asus would work a lot better for me if I didn't have the ISA cards.........but if I'm gonna spend the money on a PCI SCSI and sound card, I might just as well get a BE6 II.

The BE6 II is SO HIGH on my shopping list....just short on funds right now. Just bought a car Tuesday, so the computer fund is a lot smaller now.

Mr B