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I have three p5a-b boards and four p5a, all revisions. Tried two k6-3+ cpu's and two k6-2+. Getting any of these combinations with working cache above 630mhz i had zero luck. I also have the Gigabyte late revision (5.2), it is not better in any way as far as i know. Didn't even clock any higher as the Asus. It even was a fraction slower in benchmarks. The Gigabyte Ga5aa (baby at version) did a bit better but also slower as the p5a boards.
The absolute highest 3dmark scores i got from a 1.04 P5A-B
So good luck reaching 720mhz! Let me know if you got it.
Good news: got the board. It is a P5A Rev 1.04 with E-revision Aladdin V, so pretty much the best it could have been for K6plus.
Didn't get near 720MHz though. The board is rock solid at 120MHz FSB, but my CPU is limiting. The best I could get out of it was 633MHz, i.e. 5.5x115MHz - but to get that stable needed 2.5V, and I'm not about to run my K6-3+ at that sort of voltage for any period of time. So now it's chugging along at a respectable 5x120MHz at 2.1V.
The obligatory pic:
I'm impressed by the monitor (Compaq v55 612T); its specs are absolutely nothing special (1024x768@75Hz...), but the build quality is excellent, the picture sharper than .28 dot pitch would lead me to expect and the electronics very fast (syncs almost instantly). Even though it doesn't come close to my Iiyama 17" Diamondtron in terms of image quality, for DOS the Compaq might just be the better monitor.
