At 01:53 02/23/01, Bob Castorf wrote:
>I am getting ready to build a dual Pentium III system...
>
>The ABIT VP6 motherboard looks like a good candidate for me,
>but I have serious concerns over the VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset.
>Several articles I've read indicate that this chipset does not
>support LINUX very well. I would like to hear about the experiences
>(good or bad) of anyone who has run LINUX on this VIA chipset.
>
>The Intel 815 chipset seems to be my ideal choice, but I'm having
>trouble locating a motherboard with i815 and dual Pentium III
>support.  Does anyone know of such a board?


Hi Bob

I don't think there are any dual boards based on the i815 chipset.
(I may be wrong, but I don't think the chipset officially supports
SMP. I seem to recall some manufacturer kludging a dual board
from the chipset but I don't know if I'd feel real confident
about its stability.)

There are dual boards based on the i840 chipset. Possibly
the best PIII systems use chipsets made by
<http://www.serverworks.com/frames/prodLE_frame.html>.

Don't discount the Intel 440BX chipset. (There are slotket
that will convert FCPGA to slot one and support SMP.) Some of the
most stable boards are based on the BX chipset. I have three
systems using BX based Asus P2B-D ...two dual 800 systems and a
dual 600 system. I'm thinking about upgrading one of them to
dual 1000.)

I'd suggest you check out http://www.2cpu.com/hardware.htm
for their reviews. The name of the website explains their
raison d'etre.

Regards,
Bill

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