Paul- I still think that the SuperMicro boards are worth the agggro...
I have a TYAN 5 slot, but it gets wierd.

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Paul Newhouse wrote:

> I'm splitting this out of the UDMA thread.
> 
> Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> wrote:
> > I wrote:
> >> If can ever get my test machine backon line (have just determined the 4th  
> >> ASUS P5A is broken) I'll have an full time test machine available for this.
> >
> >Ooh -- I have one in a Windows box, but I *don't* particularly like the
> >P5A motherboards.  The design is fine, and the 5 PCI slots are nice, but
> >the chipset... that Acer Labs chipset is kinda sleazy.  For one thing,
> 
> Acer?  Does Acer make the ALI (Aladdin) chipsets?
> 
> >it claims to support ECC memory, but it turns out that that Just Doesn't
> >Work if you run the memory clock past 83MHz.  Since most people buy those
> >boards to run with "Super 7" CPUs at 100MHz, the ECC support is more or
> >less a lie.  
>  
> I'm running a P100 in it right now.  I was going to upgrade to a K6-2 400 
> when I got it working.  Which is sounding more and more unlikely.  *8^(
> 
> >If you don't need the extra PCI slot or the onboard sound,
> 
> I've been trying the "without audio" boards.
> 
> >try the FIC VA-503+.  It uses the VIA MVP3 chipset, has 1MB (as opposed
> >to the ASUS board's 512K) of cache, and generally seems to be very solid
> >(I have several).
> 
> I guess I'll have to consider less than 5 PCI slots. I'd really like to have 
> 5 BUT ...  with the bad luck I'm having (and a former colleague has has a bad 
> P5A also) I think I'll have to change direction a bit.  I'm a bit disappointed 
> having heard good things about ASUS in the past.
> 
> Anybody have any other recommendations on 5 PCI slot (Socket 7, PC 100) ATX 
> Motherboards?  I've found one by EPoX (uses MVP3 chipset I think) their G 
> board (I think that's the unique identifier).  They are recommended by AMD but, 
> (so was the ASUS P5A) that's all I've ever heard about them.  I want to run a 
> K6-2 400 eventually. Also, I was hoping to keep the cost of the MB under $200,
> so far the ones I can find are under $100.
> 
> I wish Micronics made one.  I really like their M7STA AT board.  But, they seem
> to have cut back on their boards since being swallowed by Diamond.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
>