mother boards help!

I need a Pentium III processor based computer and i want dual processors. anybody know of a chipset to use that'd be good for that? I need to be able to use 133 Mhz RAM, and have more than 512 MB of RAM. ATA 100 is also a big need. The closest thing I found was the Intel 815 stuff, but it's got a low max RAM. Why don't intel just make a "MOTHER" board and not six of one, half dozen of the other.

hmmmm

Kin

If I remember well, the problem with 815 Intel mobos, is not that they can stand only 512MB ram. It is just that they can't recognise a dimm if it is 512MB. So, you can have 3 dimms of 128 (for example)... which is more than 512 and sure enough....
Check it out , to be sure
stark

Blue Skies Bring Tears

first 3 128 dimms is only 384m of ram and second the 815 chipset can only address a max of 512 so any amount above that will be wasted.

SANDMAN
LEAN MEAN KILLIN MACHINE

The 815 was origially designed with the 512MB limit to preclude it's use in high-end sever systems, as INTEL was trying to capitallize on their RAMBUS investment. But it is a great chipset. I believe the only motherboard to support a 512MB DIMM is the CUSL2.

Suicide is painless...........

actually, the dual processor board is on the 815 chip set... maybe the 815D? i'm not sure, but i just read a long article comparing it with a VIA based dual proc board. Pro Audio gear doesn't like VIA chipsets, so i'm looking for something intel based.

Well, without the Via option, I think you might be out of luck. I was going to recommend the Intel OR840, but that uses RAMBUS memory. The 815 only address up to 512MB; and if you run it with PC133 memory, then you can only use two of the DIMM slots. You can use all three only if you run PC100 memory.

I have worked with the Via chipset on both Intel and AMD platforms. As a matter-of-fact, my department server is running on a Via chipset. It's a P3V4X (VIA Pro133A) that Asus gave to me as part of the recall with the Intel 820 chipset fiasco. Surprisingly, it is very stable in the server role and I have had no problems with it. It supports up to 2GB of memory, although it is only running 256MB right now.