Ian -

Thanks for the info.  The Gigabyte 8ik1100 looks like a
good alternative to the 8knxp board, and I might be able
to save a few bucks.  If I read the specs right, the differences
seem to be that the 8ik1100 has:
   no "dual power system" (DPS)
   no onboard ata133 raid
   100Mbit rather than gigabit ethernet
   doesn't come in an onboard scsi version

Does anybody know what this "dual power system" is?
Should I care about it?

I don't much care about the gigabit ethernet, and if I go
with scsi, I won't care about the onboard raid.  Paul
Shippert's warnings about onboard scsi make me nervous
about the 8knxp-ultra.  So the "dual power system"
might be the only reason to go with the 8knxp, rather
than the 8ik1100, but since I don't know what it is, I don't
know if it matters to.

Thanks for any info on this.


Ian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I recently built a system for a customer who expressly asked for a P4...
> A Gigabyte 8IK1100 board seemed to have the features he wanted,...
     Frank R.Brown
     Frank.R.Brown@MailAndNews

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