Vp6 + p3s i bought :(

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:07 am

Well, I got it all in, it posts, blah blah..but the system board is bad..took me 2 days to get it to install windows, tried various power supplies, hardware configs, everything except changing the floppy drive. it IS the system board.. the guy hasn't emailed me back.. so now I've a bad vp6, 2 p3s...and no cash to get another vp6. it's just my stupid luck.

when i got it the processors were litterally covered in cpu grease...not the core, the fcpga package itself, the nbridge HEATSINK was covered...i mean what the hell..did some 5 year old build it.. so i cleaned it all up..well it still locks up..usually when i open device manager.. who knows, but i think he knew it was defective..i've even tried reinstalling on new hard disks..talk about rape.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:29 am

now he says i did it.. for the love of god i'm out 175.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:39 am

My VP6 died over a month ago...was running my SBS server at the house.

Can't even post to BIOS anymore...disconnected everything....lights up, spins fans...that's it....not even a beep.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:48 am

i don't know what to do.. hrmm...can't even find them new anymore..guess i could sell the processors and try to make up some of it...then what? heh.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:53 am

http://www.directron.com/vp6.html

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:55 am

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
http://www.directron.com/vp6.html

just found it but for 140 i could get a decent 845 board and a little more a p4.. GRR this sucks. anyone here have a good one laying around, i saw vegeto had one a while back

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 2:13 pm

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... did=107532

Loonatic · Post by **Loonatic** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 2:14 pm

This item has been discontinued and will no longer be available.

Try this board http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.a ... 13-130-333

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 2:38 pm

Originally posted by Loonatic
This item has been discontinued and will no longer be available.

Try this board http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.a ... 13-130-333

thx, but it takes ddr, something i don't have spare..

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 6:43 pm

btw the vp6 at directron is sold out..i just want any socket 370 (fcpga) dual p3 board that is sdram based..any clues anyone?

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 7:26 pm

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... sicSearch=

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 7:43 pm

i have been eyeing ServerWorks chipset boards (my VP6 looks to be dead also. i thought it was the PSU, but that didn;t pan out.

something like the PIII-based Tyan Thunder boards (HEsl, LE and LE-T). the only thing is, some of them require registered ECC SDRAM. they are fantastic boards.... stable as a rock and very very fast memory performance.

they aren't cheap, though. doubt you could find one for less than $120 used on eBay (depends on model. if you found one w/o integrated U160 SCSI and no AGP port (integrated VGA) you may find one for about that much).

tyan thunder eBay search

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 7:57 pm

i've given up. my friend is going to sell it and the procs on ebay for me..selling the board as is, w/ working processors..memory..etc.. it all works..cept it locks in xp.. i mean what the heck, safe mode works fine.. thought it was drivers..but that didn't ....work out..

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 10:29 pm

Did you check the ebay search I posted? As of this moment someone has a board with RAM selling for 85 dollars Canadian.

30 minutes left

HongKongPolice · Post by **HongKongPolice** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 10:51 pm

I assume you've tried reflashing the bios, and disabling any extra features like raid, USB, etc etc?

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:01 pm

Originally posted by HongKongPolice
I assume you've tried reflashing the bios, and disabling any extra features like raid, USB, etc etc?

Tried it...all...thanks..

David, I've decided against that..since I could just get another bad, used board...and with the money ontop of what I've already paid, I could have purchased an entirely new setup w/ the cash. I just really don't have it.. I'm going to try and get as much cash as I can out of it (with fair warning of course, stating the obvious problem w/ the board) and see what I can make back. Oh well.

Amro

HongKongPolice · Post by **HongKongPolice** » Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:48 pm

did you try using memtest86 on your ram?
How bout using only 1 CPU?

Try monitoring your voltages very carefully, especially the VTT, it shouldn't flucuate much.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:14 am

Originally posted by HongKongPolice
did you try using memtest86 on your ram?
How bout using only 1 CPU?

Try monitoring your voltages very carefully, especially the VTT, it shouldn't flucuate much.

been there, tried it. thanks. the only thing i haven't tried is a different OS (win2k namely)..so i'm going to..other than that.. heh.

HongKongPolice · Post by **HongKongPolice** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:33 pm

I don't see how the board could be like this unless maybe theres some bad caps, or a component missing or cut traces.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:13 pm

it works! used 2k instead..i mean wtf, why doesn't xp work w/ it ... ??? lol goofy

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:54 pm

Originally posted by Amro
it works! used 2k instead..i mean wtf, why doesn't xp work w/ it ... ??? lol goofy

I missed where you said you were loading XP on it. XP will not work on that board. I can attest to that personally. I have 2K running on mine.

david

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:43 pm

Originally posted by nepenthe
I missed where you said you were loading XP on it. XP will not work on that board. I can attest to that personally. I have 2K running on mine.

david

well nm, i spoke too soon, does the same thing but it takes longer, close to 10 minutes now....i'm baffled...cut traces is a possibility.. there's a small scratch next to the dimm slots, but it isn't deep and the traces seem in tact (doesn't look like it's thru the clear coat)

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 5:18 pm

Whats up with mobo/OS incompatibility. My dad used to have a Dell XPS T450 and it would go VERy slowly if we put XP on ... siad hte motherboard did not support win XP ..

go figure

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 11:49 pm

XP seems a bit particular with regard to certain chipsets. From my experiences, it with not o/c as well as some of the earilier OS's

david