#PVR /Micron / whatever
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I ordered PVR & Daughterboard. Have a Micron Millenia 133 on hold. They use a
Micronix mobo with 2 PCI and one PCI/ISA empty. Can use the PCI/ISA for the
PVR setup. The other PCI slots are nbot full length, so if the PVR audio card
needs full length slot, I'll be up slot creek! Any other reliable(!!!) fast
system builders out there in the Micron price range?
David,
The DPS Audio 4 Video card IS full-length PCI.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
>I ordered PVR & Daughterboard. Have a Micron Millenia 133 on hold. They use
a Micronix mobo with 2 PCI and one PCI/ISA empty. Can use the PCI/ISA for the
PVR setup. The other PCI slots are nbot full length, so if the PVR audio card
needs full length slot, I'll be up slot creek!<
My guess is the DPS Audio 4 Video card will be full-length. A similar card for
the Amiga is full-length.
I've seen the AMI Apollo in the back of Infoworld. It has 4 PCI and 4 ISA (1
shared). It uses the Triton chipset, supports 75,90,100,120,133 MHz, 128MB RAM,
dual channel EIDE. Without CPU: $266/$384 (256K/512K cache). It looks like two
of the PCI slots will support full-length cards.
Tim,
Let me add a note: The AMI Apollo board uses Direct Map Write-Back
cache.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
>Let me add a note: The AMI Apollo board uses Direct Map Write-Back cache.<
You need to explain what that is. Good or bad?
I've been beating around the same mulberry bush. Seems like the best mobo out
there at this writing is the SuperMicro CMS (4 PCI, 4 ISA, none shared) It's
available with Triton, up to 512K pipelined burst cache. Interestingly enough,
it seems that USA Flex uses it in their high-end systems (but if you call 'em,
double-check; this is hearsay).
SCL
Stephen,
Dell also uses the SuperMicro. The latest SuperMicro is the P55CMS.
This has 4 PCI/4 ISA (includes 1 shared slot). With pipeline burst, 1 or 2 PCI
slots appear to be full-length (blocked if you use the cache module slot).
Unfortunately, the PVR would take up both of them, since they're on the side
AWAY from the ISA slots. Seems to be 2 full-length ISA slots, with others
blocked by the Voltage Regulator module (probably only if you go beyond 133 MHz
chips).
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
Just got my triton chipset board, don't know what it is ( it's not at home yet
) but it looks similar to what you describe<<1 or 2 PCI slots appear to be
full-length (blocked if you use the cache module slot).>>
Scrolling through the skimpy manual on the first page it says:
Processor
Pentium 75/90/100/120/133/150/166/175/200 !!!
Is that just wishfull thinking or is it going to exist for real?
Then there is a slot next to the zif socket and they say it's for a P6
overdrive. How is that physically going to work, the only thing I can see in
there is a daughter board.
Does anyone know ?
Bob Kohl
Cedille inc.
-Bob Kohl
Bob,
The SuperMicro board supports current Pentiums up to 133MHz, and faster
processors, up to 200 Mhz. The ZIF socket will accept a P6 OverDrive chip
(watch out for this – Micronics promised compatibility with the Pentium
OverDrive, but it doesn't work). The Voltage Regulator Module socket would be
used for processors with different voltages.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates