"D. Hugh Redelmeier" wrote:
>
> I was talking with Sean Rooney about this list and how the BP6 appears
> to be a bit flakey. Since mine works pretty well, I don't post much.
> I wondered if this was a trend. He said that he'd had good
> experiences with quite a few.
>
> I asked him to write up his experiences for forwarding to this list.
> Here is the result. He doesn't read the list, so he's not done the
> recommended "lurk before posting". But I think these two messages are
> *very* interesting.
>
> Notes: Prices are in Canadian dollars. "above all" is a components
> and surplus store near his home in Toronto. I trimmed lightly.
>
> Thanks, Sean!
>
> Hugh Redelmeier
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: +1 416 482-8253
>
> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 14:48:43 -0500
> From: Sean Rooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: BP6 technical notes.
>
> environments:
> Redhat 6.x, suse 6.x, win2k pro., Borderware 6.1.1
>
> hardware guidelines:
> BP6 plus bios rev:BP6NJ 11/17/99
>
> cpus:
> generally boxed cpus [I use Cel366 SL36C at 550, or cel533s] in
> matched pairs.
> ram: I use PC100 128meg dimms as the base standard, it works better
> if there are multiple DIMMS and they are IDENTICAL. I've also had
> very good results using 256meg and 128meg PC133 dimms.
>
> I always use cable select 80wire UDMA/66 cables for ALL devices. The
> best drives I've found to use have been the fujitsu MPE30273AH
> 27.3gig UDMA/66 7200 rpm drives with 2megs SDRAM cache. [the extra
> large and fast cache definately helps] the 20gig version is about
> $315 at above all, the 27s are harder to get but are about $345 or
> so. There are 40/60/80 gig versions in the works and due out soon.
>
> The power supplies ideally should have a capacity of 300 plus watts.
> Cooling should be in the general form of at least 2 90mm fans, one in
> the front cardcage air intake, and one doing exhaust.
>
> PCI slot 3 shares the same hardware interrupt as the additional
> UDMA/66 controller. Be careful not to use that slot at the same time
I have SCSI (NCR53C810) in PCI slot 3 and it works perfect
without any problem.
Dan
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