You are bidding on a Dual Celeron 533 MHZ / 640 MB RAM combo.
This includes an Abit BM6 Motherboard with onboard ATA 66 RAID,
two Celeron 533 mhz Processors,
two aluminum heatsinks with ball bearing fans,
640 MB of ECC SDRAM (two 256 MB and one 128 MB modules), manual, and driver disk.
These items are used and in good condition.
CPU
Supports Socket 370 PPGA Intel Celeron processors up to 533 mhz (two included)
Does not support FCPGA processors
Chipset
Intel 440BX AGP
Memory
Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 768 MB SDRAM (640 included)
non-ECC 16x64, 32x64, etc. or ECC 16x72, 32x72, etc.
(Does not support the newer 16x4, 32x4, etc. modules)
BIOS
CPU Softmenu II (eliminates jumpers and DIP switches)
Adjustable clock multiplier, voltage, and bus speeds
Flashed to a recent working BIOS
Drive Connections
Two IDE ATA 66 UDMA RAID
Two IDE
One floppy
Expansion Slots
One AGP
Five PCI
Two ISA
History and Notes
This was one of my 3D rendering servers which I put together around June 2001.
The RAM sticks were purchased at different times, but they all work together just fine
(even though they are all generics and probably not the same manufacturer). If you are
going to replace the 128 MB module to have a maximum of 768 MB of RAM, realize that this
will need to be PC-100 or PC-133 ECC SDRAM. It's very important that it supports ECC. Did
I mention that all the RAM modules have to be ECC to work together?
I never tried to overclock the processors, it may not be possible since they are the maximum rated chips for
this motherboard and I don't think it offers a higher clock multiplier than 8.
This system runs pretty HOT. I was limited in the height of heatsinks/fans that I could
use on the processors, due to the configuration of the case (which I'm also selling, by the way). You may want to
install larger, more effective cooling devices. However, the system never locked up even under the intense
utilization of rendering.
Dual Processors
Dual processors can be very beneficial if you are using software which supports SMP,
such as 3D Studio MAX, Photoshop, and Premiere. However, even though most programs don't
know how to use two processors simultaneously, it also helps when you are running a bunch of
applications at one time (and who doesn't). Please be aware that in order to utilize dual processors
at all you will need an operating system which supports it: i.e.
Windows NT, 2000, XP Professional, Linux, BeOS...
NOT Windows 95, 98, ME, or XP Home Edition!
Rendering Benchmarks
I ran some unprofessional, relatively scientific rendering performance comparisons on this system and two others.
If you are interested, click
here. Note that this is only a reference benchmark, not a guarantee :-)
ATA 66 Raid
If you are going to use the onboard ATA controller, you will need to install the Highpoint drivers for it. I am
including a floppy with drivers for Win 95, 98, ME, NT, and 2000. Presumably these would work for XP as well. I only
used this with Windows 2000, so this is my only example from experience. When you are installing Windows 2000 from CD,
you will need to press F6 to alert it that you need to install third-party SCSI or other drivers. It will prompt you
for the floppy and load the drivers. This is necessary if you are going to boot from a hard drive that is on the ATA
controller... otherwise Windows 2000 will never find the drive and give you an inaccessible boot device error.
Payment and Shipping
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Item will be shipped upon receipt of payment.
Happy bidding!