[KLUG Members] Dual proc Mobos

[Adam Williams]

>hundred bucks into a mobo and replace the PPro 200 system I have now.  So,
>pending a boat-load of cash on a new mobo, procs, and RAM is a bit more
>than I was thinking.
>Oh, well. I'll keep lookin', and see what I can find.

I'm currently using a dual PII-300 system,  but I got the motherboard on 
e-bay and have no idea what the brand is.  Works great though,  and has 
been for more than a year.

I purchased an Intel Nightshade dual-PII board in hopes of just replacing 
the board as the one in the system only takes EDO (low capacity, 
expensive) and the Nightshade takes ECC DIMMs (fast, reliable, and cheap) 
not to mention the onboard eepro100 and dual channel SCSI.

However... this Nightshade board is CRAP CRAP CRAP.  It fires up OK but 
hates just about everything you plug into the PCI bus.  I've tried future 
domain, adaptec, and IBM controllers and it can't access a device 
connected to any of them.  Crazy,  I've never seen anything like it.  It 
might just be my specific board,  but I'd think twice about buying a 
Nightshade (despite REALLY high ratings and reviews).