I've been running the BP6 for about three weeks now with no problems. I'm
using dual 366s. It doesn't seem to take well to over-clocking by changing
the bus speed, though. If you up the bus speed to 100MHz, the chips will
run at 500, but it seems to throw the timing off and causes the kernel
to crap out under intensive use (seti, coding mp3s, and the Linux world's
best time waster, the Q3demo). Does anybody know of a way to over-clock
these and keep that from happening? Not a big deal, but it would
definitely sweeten the deal.
Also, I'd watch out for "cheap online parts". Basic rule of thumb, you get
what you pay for, eh? Sometimes you find a deal, though. I got the BP6
with both Celerons from a2zcomp.com for less than $300 even with overnight
shipping (I'm impatient).
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Stephen Wynne wrote:
> I've been lurking for months and now it may be time to join the SMP
> crowd. I plan to purchase parts cheaply online. I just want to be
> clear on a couple of things as this would be my first-ever PC build:
>
> 1. The BP6 with Celeron 400's using PC100 RAM is stable now, right?
> 2. Is it OK to assume that I don't need to make any CPU mods using the BP6?
> 3. Are there any other cautions for the PC hardware novice interested in SMP?
>
> Thanks!
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