On 30 Jun 2000, at 19:33, Jarom=EDr Dole=E8ek wrote:

> I'm considering buying a MP-capable box, though only dual-processor. Two
> motherboards I'm considering so far are
>  Gigabyte 6BXD 440BX (Dual2xS1)
>  Abit BP6 i440BX  (2xPPGA, ATA66)

Hi,

I use the BP6 with 2 500MHz. Celerons, 3Cs 900 and netgears GA620 Nic, an 
ISA VGA card and the Adaptec 2940UW. I have not tested the IDE channels, 
there are two ATA66 (HPT) and the two standard AT33 from the 440BX 
chipset. The board runs 24/7 without a flaw, I see one problem with the 
"resume on power down" implementation (that is, if the UPS will shut the P=
C 
down because of an electricity problem, it will not startup when electrici=
ty is 
back, it should work, but upon testing I could not make it work every time=
, 
have to investigate). 

Be aware that the BP6 currently only supports PPGA CPUs, not the new 
FCPGA, although the new CPUs fit inte the socket they will not work. With =
the 
Powerleap adapter you can run a *single* FCPGA CPU, with some 
modifications(requires soldering on the adapter and probably cpus) *some* 
Models and there only *some* stepping of Intels FCPGA (celeronII and 
PintiumIII) will run in SMP mode. That will probably void you warranty and=
 you 
have to do it on your own risk.

It is supposed that Abit is allready shipping a dual FCPGA Microatx board =
to 
OEMs and SIs, an ATX version should follow within some months. Probably it=
 
was worth waiting a while.

Some models of the BP6 need an exchange of (I think) a capacitor and a 
regulator, so be shure to get a board that does not suffer from that.

You might want to try "http://www.bp6.com", the messageboard wil give you 
more information.

mike