Status of P compatibility with i860?

[Steve Snyder]

A few months ago there was some concern about the Parhelia being incompatible with the Intel i860 chipset. As I recall there was some question as to whether the problem was with the i860 in general or just some motherboards that used this chipset.

What's the status of this? I'm trying to determine if there is a known incompatibility with my i860-based Supermicro P4DC6+ motherboard.

Thanks.

[Chucky Cheese]

P Compatability

Hi Steve

this is the exact motherboard that i have.

i have no problems...but then i do not do any gaming on this pc.

here are my specs;

Supermicro SC760P4 case w/400W Power supply
Supermicro P4DC6+ Dual Xeon motherboard
- Intel i860 chipset
- Dual Channel SCSI - Adaptec AIC-7899 "Crossbow Ultra160 SCSI ASIC"
- Intel 82559 Network Controller
- AC97' audio
- USB 1.1 Ports(2), and 2 Header connections
- The rest of the reguler I/O is provided

Intel P4 Xeon 1.7 Ghz w/256K/ATC Processor x (2)
Memory - 512Mb ECC Rambus @ 800Mhz x (2) (Total of 1024 MB)

Video - Matrox Parhelia

Displays - Dual Head Configuration

Pri. - Samsung 210T (21.3" TFT) - DVI - Connector A
Sec. - Samsung 210T (21.3" TFT) - DVI - Connector B

Sound - Creative Audigy Platinum
- Live Drive II

HDDs.
- 1 Cheetah X15 36LP @ 36.4 GB(ST336752LW) BOOT
- 2 Seagate Cheetahs 73 LP @ 73.4 Gb ea.(ST373504LW)

CD/CD-RW/DVD

- Plextor PX-40TW (SCSI ID 0)
- Pioneer DVD 305s (SCSI ID 1)
- Plextor CD-RW PW-W1210s (SCSI ID 2)


1394/USB 2.0 - Adaptec Duo-connect AUA 3121 - 3 usb/1 1394 ext. ports - 1 each int.

- external ZIP 100 drive
- Epson Stylus Scan 2500
- USB to Parralle cable
- Granite Digital FireVue 1394 Bridge hosting a WD1800BB HDD.

each system is different...so good luck

cc