XCell 2000

[Peter]

Remember that with these Pentium boards, you MUST set the jumpers for the CPU voltage type (single-rail or dual), else you'll fry the voltage regulators on the board. Pentium, K5 and early Cyrix are single-rail, everything else is dual-rail with separate core and I/O voltages.

 

[BarryG]

Thanks, I'll check into that. I'm pretty sure that they're both already set accordingly.

Oh, I said "both". I now have a slightly different version of the same type board from PCChips. My main problem with both of them now is the SiS 7001 USB.

Barry

 

[Peter]

These USB controllers, just like any other, should and will run with Microsoft's generic "OHCI" drivers. Nothing special required. However, quite a few of those mainboards have had their 5V supply to the USB jacks fried in butcher attempts at connecting something other than the intended ATX form card.

 

[BarryG]

When I switch them to being generic ports instead of SiS ports they work fine, I think. I haven't tested that aspect yet.
I have the proper ATX form factor cards in there.
Barry