current build progress. I was live streaming it and forgot to setup my gopro...

https://www.facebook.com/electrohacker/videos … 01123447164737/

hot! you sure the RAM is compatible?

Apparently it's not
I just bought 3 of this item. at least 4 sticks will go to this build if not all 6

henlo!

I'm happy to see that case work out! Also the memory should be 60ns edo. Something like these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/151421400795

Check the wiring on the fans! I don't know if they have been changed or not. the motherboard is a standard header iirc.

The pin to start the board is inside the 20-pin header on the front (ish) of the motherboard next to the IDE. I dont remember exactly which one, but iirc its near the middle and on the side farthest from the cpus.

Just to clarify:

JP31 will power on the board and those ALR fans will work with no rewiring needed. Let us know how the memory works out as I used standard EDO RAM with that model and it worked fine. The one thing to remember is to go into the BIOS and make sure you disable the ECC/parity option or you will see a tremendous performance hit while using non-ECC or non-parity EDO RAM with that option enabled. I'll try to get a photo up of the BIOS option I am speaking about when I get chance.

liqmat wrote:

The one thing to remember is to go into the BIOS and make sure you disable the ECC/parity option or you will see a tremendous performance hit while using non-ECC or non-parity EDO RAM with that option enabled.

its only 10% ish. Also the ecc/parity will only turn on if that type of memory is installed. So keep to simms with chips divisible by 8, and you should never need to worry about it.

luckybob wrote:

liqmat wrote:

The one thing to remember is to go into the BIOS and make sure you disable the ECC/parity option or you will see a tremendous performance hit while using non-ECC or non-parity EDO RAM with that option enabled.

its only 10% ish. Also the ecc/parity will only turn on if that type of memory is installed. So keep to simms with chips divisible by 8, and you should never need to worry about it.

Not in my experience. When I installed EDO RAM the ECC option was enabled and the performance was terrible until I manually turned it off in the BIOS. So Electrohacker please take my advice and double check the memory settings in the BIOS first thing once you get it up and running.

will do. I cant believe i bought the wrong ram, the seller says 68 pin, but the picture is obviously 72 pin. should make for a nice ebay return

I had to test another one of these boards for someone so I went ahead and took some photos for you. Turns out Luckybob and I are both right in certain areas and I think I know why he had a different experience than I did. It appears to be dependent on the brand memory you use. I tried two sticks of non-parity 72-pin EDO from one manufacturer and there was no performance hit with the "parity" option enabled or disabled in BIOS yet two sticks from another manufacturer and it took a considerable performance hit. If ECC was chosen with the same memory it would not even get past the post summary screen. I do want to figure out why the various EDO memory have such different outcomes in behavior. I did confirm the board does default to ECC without a battery regardless of what kind of memory you have installed so you will want to check your BIOS setting.

I cant even get that far. my display blinks on and off and I only get two beeps then nothing. I wont know more until next weekend when I have more memory

I did get it mounted in the case though

here's the cut I had to make, this case will no longer take a top mounted radiator

and yes this being a fancy case with a window side I will be improving the cable management as soon as I get some extensions

Electrohacker wrote:

I cant even get that far. my display blinks on and off and I only get two beeps then nothing. I wont know more until next weekend when I have more memory

Well, look forward to the update. I tested the board thoroughly before I shipped so I know it works flawlessly.

I would try the board out of the case and with only one CPU in the primary slot and just a video card. Start simple and go from there. Did you test it outside of the case first with just a video card?

yes and I got two beeps when I googled that is said two beeps are a memory parity issue

What is the 6-pin connector next to the ATX power connector in the last picture? Is it documented in the manual?

It's an aux power connector. It's not required.

It's actually the same as the AMD aux power supply, just a different connector.

so it will effect CPU power?

does anyone have a pinout? I would like to make an adaptor to feed it the correct voltage

I didn't take the time to record what pins were what voltage. But If I was making a new adapter, I'd find a way to convert the 4pin aux power from the main connector to a 6-pin version.

I'd take a multi-meter, power the board, and see what pins were at what voltage and go from there. 3 are going to be ground, 2 are 5v and one is a 3.3v

Unless you were planning on a bunch of high-power pci cards you aren't going to need it.

ha, thought the hardware looked familiar, having the 2 that saved it all helping out confirms my suspicions 😀
Took me a few seconds to see the case mod, the black and being in the top hides it well.
Wanted a nice big window case for my build as it's defiantly sexy but struggling with space as it is 🙁

I had a hard time finding a case with a power supply on its side which would have been more ideal, but then I came across this case which boasted that you could mount TWO POWER SUPPLIES! The dimension sheet says the top PSU mount is about 40mm taller than the bottom which helps. It really only needs like 1/8" to fit luckily you can cut out the radiator mount and not hurt the rigidity of the case and it has a nice big plastic top to it to cover it.

The giant 92mm fans are just overkill...
My only real complaint is lack of front mount bays and hard drive bays, but it does have enough to fit a floppy emulator and a DVD rom / Cd burner which I will need as this machine will be used to store all my DVD's as a home media server until I can afford a nice 32TB nas. I added a PCI sata card so I can use more modern hard drives, but I guess I'll find out the hard way what size limits the hardware / windows 2000 will have. I also went to a ISA sound card as I had them and all the PCI slots will be full once I add a USB card. Also sound will not be used much as it's server, but why not add hardware I have in my collection?

The case didnt have a PC speaker... good think I had one from some old case to use for debug