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Abitronium - an BE6-II rebuild that's A BIT long due.

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First post, by PcBytes

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Pretty much - an build I wanted to get back in working shape.

No slotkets involved (yet.), just plain "standard" parts.

Case: JNC RJA-52
Mobo: ABIT BE6-II rev 1.0 (HPT366)
CPU: P3 Coppermine 650MHz/100FSB SL3XK
GPU: MSI Geforce 2 Pro AGP
PSU: self-serviced Rhino RX-500K (Sun Pro/Delux) "500W" unit (250W cont, 300 peak)
ODD: white TSSTCorp SH-S182D PATA
HDD: 40GB WD Caviar
Audio: Sound Blaster Live CT4830
NIC: Realtek RTL8139C (originally planned a 8169SC but it won't show up during POST at all)
RAM: 512MB PC133 @ 100
OS: currently trying to get 2000 SP4, maybe will throw a Knoppix 3.7 Dualboot as well. (or some similar

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"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

Reply 1 of 3, by nezwick

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Very nice. My 98SE rig uses a BE6 (not the BE6-II) and a Katmai P3 and it's been good and stable. Probably has a similar feel to yours. The one thing I don't like about the BE6 layout is where they decided to put the ATX power connector.

I've thought about getting a slotket adapter for it, because I do have a Tualatin Celeron 1400 CPU sitting here, but haven't got round to it yet.

XP: A64 3000+ S754 / 2GB DDR / 500GB SATA / Audigy1
2K: AXP 1700+ @ 1.61 / 1GB DDR / 120GB IDE / X800XL / Audigy 2ZS
98SE: P3 500 / 512MB SDR / 120GB IDE / V3 3000 AGP / Vortex2
95: P200 MMX / 32MB SDR / 3.2GB IDE
DOS/3.11: Acer 1120SX, 386SX-20

Reply 3 of 3, by PcBytes

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nd22 wrote on 2023-10-13, 09:17:

Really good system! I have several BE6 - II and they are very good, one of the best slot 1 boards! One question: why Windows 2000?

More stable and drivers are less likely to give funky results like 98SE usually does with 45.23.
For whatever reason 45.23 would always go belly up one way or another no matter what build I used with 9x.
2000 Pro has never failed me in that regard - I could throw any driver and it'll take it no questions asked, and will run it trouble-free.

"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB

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