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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:57:59 -0700
From: Tim Moore <timothymoore@bigfoot.com>
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> Some ASUS boards (mostly P3B-F) would either freeze or self reboot when using
> PhotoShop 5. Everything else would run perfectly.
> 
> Disabling MMX optimizations in this software would "solve" the problem. Another
> solution found on the web (sorry, I don't have the URL at hand) is to add two
> or three additionnal capacitors on the back of the board, to solve the electric
> instabilities that cause the reboots.

This is incorrect information.  Abit BP6 early revs suffered under load
from a 100uF cap (EC10, between the CPU sockets) that should have been
1500uF.  This was compounded by a weak or otherwise inadequate power
supply.

Having run literally 7 P3F-Fs and 6 of their P2B-F predecessors, not a
single one had any problems.  They were the premiere overclocking boards
of their day.

rgds,
Tim.

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