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BE6-2 HPT366 flawed at 133MHz FSB?

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squirtle24

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Hallo! I've been struggling with this on and off for a couple of days, but no luck. I could use some advice for this problem. Here are the essential system specs:

Abit BE6-2(BIOS flashed to XU)
PC133 RAM
P3-700@933(just upgraded the CPU from a Celeron366@550)
IBM 75GXP (30 gigs)
Generic PCI video card for testing purposes
Windows 2000, running with latest HighPoint drivers from Abit's website

Win2k will load and be stable under these conditions:
1. 100MHz FSB, P3 running at 700Mhz, HDD connected to the onboard UDMA66 interface.
2. 133MHz FSB, P3 running at 933MHz, HDD connected to the standard IDE interface.

Win2k will not even start to load when I'm running:
1. 133MHz FSB, P3 running at 933MHz, HDD connected to the onboard UDMA66 interface.

For this situation, the system gets to the second screen(where it shows IRQ info), and then hangs the instant it tries to boot Win2k. Basically, I think the HighPoint controller is having problems at 133MHz FSB. I find this odd, since the latest BIOS for this board supports that FSB speed. All of the other components appear to be okay.

I also tried changing the mode of the HDD. This gives me blue screens during Win2k's boot process at both 100MHz FSB and 133MHz FSB.

Has anyone ever encountered this problem with the BE6-2? I'd greatly appreciate any constructive advice.
 
I have a BE6-II with a P3 700@933 (7x133) and I have a WD 20.5gb 7200rpm HD as the Primary Master on the onboard ATA66 controller and a WD 8gb 5400rpm HD as the Secondary Master on the ATA66 controller. I am running Win98 with no problems at all.

What version of the BE6-II do you have? There is 2 different versions and difference between the 2 boards is the on-board controller. Mine is the earlier version and it has the HighPoint 366 ATA66 controller. The later version uses the HighPoint 370 ATA66 controller.

Have you updated the ATA66 BIOS? Maybe you accidentally used the wrong BIOS?

Just some suggestions. . . . I have not had any problems with my ATA66 controller or HDs. .. .
 
I have the same board that you do, the earlier BE6-2. The HPT366 BIOS update was included in the motherboard BIOS update, so I can't see how the versions would be wrong...The HPT controller has no problems at 100FSB, either.

Is your BIOS the latest version(XU)?
 
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