Great system! And I really like the speakers, were they bundled with some Sound Blaster? They look awesome.

Thanks! They're the SBS300, there doesn't seem to be many of them around because they were probably a bit expensive at the time - from what I remember they were one of the first attempts to produce something a bit better than the bunch of crappy speakers bundled with most PCs in the '90s. There's a few more pics of them in this thread:

Pentium 200 "Multi-Speed" Game & Midi System

Abit BX6 was an overclockers dream back in the day. Most Abit boards, generally, were known for their vast array of overclocking options.

Exactly - I used to run this setup at 416mhz back in the day, from what I remember it was reasonably stable at this speed but wouldn't go any faster.

UPDATE:

I've changed a few parts since my original post and tried a few games from the era - I have to say I've been really frustrated by the whole experience. It took me to a time I'm not so keen on revisiting: endless tweaking of windows ME, incessant reboots, blue screens, games not working, etc.

I know the BX boards have a good reputation and most of the Vogons crowd seem to be passionate for the Win98 / Voodoo era, but to be honest I'm not that interested by the games to put up with the hassle - I just prefer the DOS stuff.

If anyone is interested, I'm willing to donate this board to whoever would need it to use in a system.

There could be many reasons for a system blue screening. Personally I've always stuck with 98SE and actually never used ME in my life.

There is also some incompatibility with Matrox and Voodoo cards that manifest in something like a "stuck" driver. GeForce cards don't seem to have this problem.

Could also be bad caps, temperature issues, memory.

You could also try the Time Machine approach, using newer hardware and slowing thins down through BIOS options. A Pentium 4 S478 system works well for Voodoo cards.

MMaximus wrote:

UPDATE:

If anyone is interested, I'm willing to donate this board to whoever would need it to use in a system.

Yes please 😈 !

MMaximus wrote:

Thanks! They're the SBS300, there doesn't seem to be many of them around because they were probably a bit expensive at the time - from what I remember they were one of the first attempts to produce something a bit better than the bunch of crappy speakers bundled with most PCs in the '90s. There's a few more pics of them in this thread:

Pentium 200 "Multi-Speed" Game & Midi System

Hm...why do they remind me of Yamaha YST-M10?

If you are also donating the Voodoo2 w/pass-through, PM me!

phil> thanks for the advice. I did test the RAM with memtest and it didn't report any errors. I think the board is actually OK - I started running into problems when I installed an older version of daemon tools so the issues seem to be more software / driver related. I did run into system hangs with the G200 / Voodoo 2 combination - but I've removed both of them and put a Voodoo 3 and haven't experienced any more of these. Generally what I find the most annoying about systems from this era is that games seem to require a lot of tweaking with patches, drivers etc - and I no longer have the patience for this s**t. I do have another socket 478 system but it's always been strictly XP - I've never tried to install Windows 98 on it.

dreamer of the past> cool! Never heard of these speakers until now. They appear in fact to be identical:

feipoa> sorry I'm keeping the voodoo 2 - I have put it into another system for Dos games only where it seems to be working fine with no hassle! However I still have other parts to donate like a socket 7 board, some video cards, some Slot 1 CPUs, etc..

My Advice: SS7 K6-III+ and Win95b/c with Voodoo3 and Voodoo1. (do not install the V1 in Win9x, use the V1 only for Dosglide)
Make a snapshot of the installed system with no drivers, and one with all necessary drivers with "fat32cp".

Thanks. Don't have a SS7 system nor a voodoo1 however! In the mean time, here's a pic of the BX6:

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Thanks. Don't have a SS7 system nor a voodoo1 however! In the mean time, here's a pic of the BX6:

The board looks spotless, I doubt there is anything wrong with it.

Windows 9x is a bit like a honest Politician... it will be corrupted the second you turn your back.
Its all part of the retro experience 😈

Update: I gave away the whole system but ended up keeping the hard disk, the voodoo2 and the mouse to use in this build:
Pentium 233MMX - SCC-1 / CT2230 / Voodoo2 rig