I'm not too knowledgeable on this era of boards, so you tell me...
I believe each of those UM61 3264F-6 chips are 256KB. Can't actually find a datasheet to verify that right now, but yes, I think it has 512KB.
Those unpopulated rows of through holes near the socket were probably for an optional COAST module that would let you expand the cache if you didn’t already have the max cache size
https://theretroweb.com/motherboard/manual/p5 … 7b000211611.pdf
My first ever Ebay purchased motherboard back in 2001! You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?
If the slot is not populated near the cpu it means the cache is already maximized.
Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 03:56:My first ever Ebay purchased motherboard back in 2001! You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
Which is better?... the Asus I posted, or a Shuttle HOT-553?
supergeek wrote on 2025-07-31, 05:27:Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 03:56:My first ever Ebay purchased motherboard back in 2001! You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
Which is better?... the Asus I posted, or a Shuttle HOT-553?
With a brief search, I see no support for 75/83 MHz bus speeds on the Shuttle board, and no mention of K6-2+ support; unless that changed with a later revision of the board, I'm going to say the Asus board is the better one.
After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?
Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 16:34:supergeek wrote on 2025-07-31, 05:27:Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 03:56:My first ever Ebay purchased motherboard back in 2001! You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
Which is better?... the Asus I posted, or a Shuttle HOT-553?
With a brief search, I see no support for 75/83 MHz bus speeds on the Shuttle board, and no mention of K6-2+ support; unless that changed with a later revision of the board, I'm going to say the Asus board is the better one.
OK, because I have each board. Haven't taken a look at the Shuttle board yet though, so I don't know the revision, but it may not even matter.
Does the faster bus speed support mean more overclocking potential? Just curious at this point, as I don't plan on pushing my P166 beyond its intended limits.
Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 03:56:You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
you are joking right ? I had one listed on vcfed marketplace on their forums for years and no one touched it at all. and I was only asking for the cost of shipping and 5 bucks.
Yes, not yoking.. 😀 On purpose.
I had one and was very good board. 3264 number on the cache chips is two 64K x 32bit is 512K And yes, you do have dual tag configured.
Cheers,
Great Northern aka Canada.
supergeek wrote on 2025-07-31, 18:47:Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 16:34:supergeek wrote on 2025-07-31, 05:27:Which is better?... the Asus I posted, or a Shuttle HOT-553?
With a brief search, I see no support for 75/83 MHz bus speeds on the Shuttle board, and no mention of K6-2+ support; unless that changed with a later revision of the board, I'm going to say the Asus board is the better one.
OK, because I have each board. Haven't taken a look at the Shuttle board yet though, so I don't know the revision, but it may not even matter.
Does the faster bus speed support mean more overclocking potential? Just curious at this point, as I don't plan on pushing my P166 beyond its intended limits.
With a k6-2+ and 83 MHz FSB that board can run at 500 MHz - that, combined with up to 256K full speed L2 memory cache pushes this board well beyond the performance it was designed for. The only HX board I have right now is limited to 66 MHz FSB, but here's the performance with a K6-3+.
After watching many YouTube videos about older computer hardware, YouTube began recommending videos about trains - are they trying to tell me something?
old school gamer man wrote on 2025-07-31, 19:07:Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 03:56:You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
you are joking right ? I had one listed on vcfed marketplace on their forums for years and no one touched it at all. and I was only asking for the cost of shipping and 5 bucks.
Which years?
This was one of the last So7 boards considered desirable, particularly as a result of this article in 2000: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/oldie-tuning,216.html
These days of collectors paying big money for stuff, anything with "Asus" commands a premium, but old stuff actually getting worth money only started less than 10 years ago. That gives you the better part of two decades when people wouldn't even take stuff off you for the cost of shipping. Tell me about it, I had a big collection I needed to offload in 2008 when moving from a house with cellar and shed to a small apartment in the big(ish) city. Some of that stuff could help fund a new house these days. Back then I was really happy when I got a bottle of whisky for a full SGI 19" rack...
dionb wrote on 2025-07-31, 20:27:Which years? […]
old school gamer man wrote on 2025-07-31, 19:07:Repo Man11 wrote on 2025-07-31, 03:56:You have the best version of a very desireable motherboard.
you are joking right ? I had one listed on vcfed marketplace on their forums for years and no one touched it at all. and I was only asking for the cost of shipping and 5 bucks.
Which years?
This was one of the last So7 boards considered desirable, particularly as a result of this article in 2000: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/oldie-tuning,216.html
These days of collectors paying big money for stuff, anything with "Asus" commands a premium, but old stuff actually getting worth money only started less than 10 years ago. That gives you the better part of two decades when people wouldn't even take stuff off you for the cost of shipping. Tell me about it, I had a big collection I needed to offload in 2008 when moving from a house with cellar and shed to a small apartment in the big(ish) city. Some of that stuff could help fund a new house these days. Back then I was really happy when I got a bottle of whisky for a full SGI 19" rack...
Honestly, he keeps posting comments like this after making his giveaway post claiming to have what would be probably $10,000 worth of vintage unobtainium that he found in a wall. No pictures were provided and PMs were either blocked or ignored.
Sorry for derailing, it's just getting weird having this repeated trolling going on. Maybe the idea is to make it sound like stuff is worthless to counteract the high demand and prices?
