Recent content by CoachClevenger

Having used the ak31a for several weeks, I am convinced that kt266a is a stable and reliable chipset. I have used every major chipset available (except for AMD) throughout the last six years that I have been building systems. Most of them have their problems. Too bad not every chipset can be a...

get the abit be6/2. i have used it forever it seems. i have also use the bh6....similar boards, but he be6/2 will run 6mhz higher with a p3-600b @146=@876

I see a lot of bashing here form people who have only built a few systems. I have built hundreds of systems with almost evey chipset known to man. My first overclock was a p90 @ 120mhx on an intel hx chipset. My first via chipset was with socket7, as was my first ali chipset. Through all of...

If you don't want a VIA chipset, got with the nforce. However, I use a via chipset(shuttle ak31a) with an adaptec 2940u2w-w/2x10k seagate cheetahs. I haven't noticed any latency. if you are set on not getting a via chipset, then decide what you do want. if it is intergrated components...the...

IMHO, the shuttle ak31a is a great board at a great price. It uses a three phase power switch, which only a few boards use; all 4 dimms can be populated with unregistered memory, 6pci, jumperless, and the dimms aren't in the way of the agp. I have been running this board solidly for a couple...

The first cpu that i overclocked was a p5 90 running at 120...got an additional year out of that system because of it. Next was an unlocked 200mmx on an Abit ah-5...got it up to 250. Then came the bh-6/celeron300a, I still run that system @512 after about 3 years. I also keep a celeron600...

In regards to irq sharing...most pci devices will share irq's fine. However, if you are not using the serial ports, diable them and free up IRQs3/4. Turn pnpOS to disable and set resources manually. Ideally, you should be able have video running on irq11 alone. 3,4,5 should be open for usb...

I too am in the market for a kt266a board, as I already have an xp and ddr=won't fit my 815 boards very well. Here are some things I've noticed, if of any interest. Dragon+ and AK31 us 3 phase power regulator, Epox=2, along with MSI. I believe most kt266a boards us 4 layer pcb. Onboard chips...

I have some experience in this department. You do NOT need to have either an mpc or spdif cable connected to the sound card/cd-rom if using mediaplayer7+, winME, winXP. the analog and digital audio is carried through the IDE interface and directed to the sound processor.