i just ordered my asus p3v4x... need some help with settings and other general questions

[MTB]

I just made a trade with a fellow Board member for the asus board. I got a a few questions though.

Ok here are my specs:

Pentium 3 600e (want to go for 800)
ASUS p3v4x
160 meg of ram
13.6 gig maxtor udma 66 hd (7200 rpm)
Creative Labs GTS Anhilator 2 ddr (32 meg version)

What i need help with is what should my bios settings be?

What bios should i flash it too?

What via drivers should i use?

Should i use 98se or Windows ME?

What nvidia drivers do i need to use (not over clocking my gts2)?

Anything else i should know??

 

[RgrPark]

I have a 700e running at 1050 air-cooled with GW vos32... I use the latest beta bios which i thin is 1006 beta 2...use the latest via drivers...i use 4.28...but i have to manually install them for some reason or they don't end up getting installed when i check the device manager...6.49 det for my asus 6800...the most IMPORTANT thing is that you want to enable 4-way memory interleaving ...it's 2 way by default under bios... the easiet way to do this is to download Slop's beta4w.com at www.overclockers.com.au under AsusP3v4x Forum...it will boost your sandra memory scores way past BX boards... the hard way is to use H. Oda's wpcredit but i wouldn't bother with it...with 4 way interleaving and the memory bandwidth increase, you should see a healthy boost in your UT benchmarks

 

[MTB]

thanks just one more question... what operating system should i use??

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

win98se. just to avoid possible problems.

I'm running winME great on my P3V4X system, but for some reason, success with ME is just about luck. It works on some systems great, but not on many others for no reason. dunno why.

 

[bacillus]

another vote for windows98SE!

 

[Taz4158]

2K or 98SE. Definitely not the overwrought ME.

 

[Ausm]

Win2k runs awesome on this motherboard. No problems at all for me.

Ausm

 

[osage]

you guys covered it to a T .

this is the way it should be when a member asked for advice, or help.

Well Done

 

[MTB]

Thanks so far guys. I got one more question. Is there a site with tons of tips and tweaking.

 

[osage]

Yes, right HERE

enjoy

 

[Possum]

Try the P3V4X-specific forum at www.overclockers.com.au. Here's a direct link:

http://61.8.3.18/cgi-bin/oc/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Asus+P3V4X&number=7&DaysPrune=30&LastLogin=

 

[dave127]

for tweaking utilities, mega games has a ton of them