[H-GEN] A problem...

[Frank Brand]

Robert Brockway wrote:
> 
> Hi all.  I've made a little boo boo and wanted sage advice...couldn't find
> any so I can here instead ;)
> 
> Seriously though, here is my problem.
> 
> I have ordered a FIC pa2012 board which has an ATX form factor.
> 
> I just purchased a nice new AT case.
> 
> Apparently the 2 don't fit together too well.

No, I don't see craig Eldershaw's hacking as a realistic solution.
 
> I want a m/b with sdram as I own 1x64 DIMM of it (and it is superior,etc)
> 
> I don't want to sell the current case, or buy an ATX case as they are
> expensive apparently (yell if u know a src of ATX cases <$100).

I would look at Altech at South Brisbane - ph 3846-5355 I think -
(opposite the Convention Centre in Merivale Street). They often have
reasonably priced gear. It would surprise me if you need to shell out
$100 for a mini-tower case - would have thought $50-60 might be closer
to the mark. I know DMS - ph 3341-0899 - have had cases for as low as
$40 but I don't know if they are AT or ATX.

> So do I,
> 
> a)  Return the pa2012 and go for an inferior TX based m/b (TX can only
>     cache 64Mb afaiK). [HX based boards don't support sdram].

Altech have an interesting board made by Aristo (Hong Kong but I have
found them OK). I think their model number is 596 or 597 (AT or ATX form
factor). This board supports the high speed chips from Intel, AMD and
Cyrix. It has the Via chipset for over 64 Mb support and also an AGP
slot. I bought mine for about $135 so it is not arm and a leg type
stuff.

As others have said using more than 64 Mb of memory with a TX board is
counter productive. May as well use a VX board and lesser processor and
save some money.

Oh BTW this is a cut off the Intel support page re memory support


                            What is the cacheability of the 440LX
chispet? 

                            As the L2 cache and tag RAM are internal to
the Pentium(R)
                            II processor, the system cacheability is
dependent on the
                            cacheability of the Pentium II processor.
The Pentium II
                            processor can cache a maximum of 512MB of
main memory.

 
> b) Fork out for a new ATX case (maybe costing _big_ bucks).
> 
> c) Wait for the va-503+ (God knows when it will arrive in Aus).
> 
> d) Something I haven't considered.
> 
> Any (clean) suggestions gratefully accepted. :)
> Cheers,

I would have thought the easiest solution is to buy a new case and sell
the old (new) one and cop the loss on the chin.

-- 
Frank Brand
E-mail: fbrand at uq.net.au
Homepage: http://www.uq.net.au/~zzfbrand

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