Still Using the CUSL2

[PeterT]

I just just recently put Vista Ultimate on mine to try it out. But, to my surprise, Vista did not have native drivers for the old 3com NIC or SB Live! sound card.
My Vista experience score was 1!

[traveler]

Call Creative Labs and ask for drivers.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by traveler

Call Creative Labs and ask for drivers.

Installed Vista SP1. No problems.
Found a SB Live! driver here: SBL_VTDRV_LB_2_10_0001A.exe - FileFront.com
Will try installing that this evening.
Now I just need to find a driver for the old 3com NIC.

[CarlPo]

I have 1 in great working condition. I handed the comp down to my daughter and now set the same comp up for my granddaughter to use. The CUSL2 happened to be one of my favorites.

CUSL2
PIII 1000 EB/1100
Santa Cruz
NVIDIA geoforce II MX/400
512 sdram mem

[PeterT]

I remembered I had a usb wireless adapter, plugged it in, installed the drivers and software... voila!
Windows update shows drivers for my SB Live! & my 3com NIC! Downloading and installing now!

Vista Ultimate on an old CUSL2. Not bad.

edit: everything is installed and working. Vista Ultimate doesn't run bad at all on it. But, of course I can't run Aero b/c of the GeForce 2 GTS 32MB video card.

[traveler]

WayToGo PeterT !!!!!!!

Absolutely !!! The best motherboard ever made !!!

[patentman]

Recently I sold my CUSL2 + PIII-S 1.26Ghz + 512MB + FX5700LE.
It`s a miss as I used to run it every day for surfing the net, running almost 24/7.


It still runs great. The buyer will run it 24/7.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by patentman

Recently I sold my CUSL2 + PIII-S 1.26Ghz + 512MB + FX5700LE.
It`s a miss as I used to run it every day for surfing the net, running almost 24/7.


It still runs great. The buyer will run it 24/7.

and it will probably run for years to come...

[TjF2]

Mine been sitting on the shelf because of a bad flash.Love this MB 1st good comp ever had thinks to this place.Think I'll try to replace that bio's chip P4 800-e is down to bad psu.I'll fix both before my next build.Not the latest but something good.What would that be?

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by TjF2

Mine been sitting on the shelf because of a bad flash.Love this MB 1st good comp ever had thinks to this place.Think I'll try to replace that bio's chip P4 800-e is down to bad psu.I'll fix both before my next build.Not the latest but something good.What would that be?

If you're asking for opinions on parts for a good value build, take a look at the 1st rig in my sig. I just built that for my daughter. Runs great and didn't cost too much.

[TjF2]

PT in one of your post on the CUSL2 you mention repalceing the bios chip is that a diffacult task? Or I can send it in to have it done.Next ? Agp slot not working on p4c 800e Would a pci vid card work? Maybe?agin for any and all

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by TjF2

PT in one of your post on the CUSL2 you mention repalceing the bios chip is that a diffacult task? Or I can send it in to have it done.Next ? Agp slot not working on p4c 800e Would a pci vid card work? Maybe?agin for any and all

hmm. I don't remember ever replacing a BIOS chip on a C/TUSL2. I sent one in for warranty replacement once, but don't remember f it was for a fried BIOS chip.
As for the P4C800, if your AGP slot is really bad, I think it's best to just replace the board or build a new PC. You could put a PCI vid card in it, if you have one, but I don't think it's worth finding and buying one just for that.
Good luck!

[StarTraveller]

The ASUS CUSL2 has been keeping my server stable for years now. It has even survived my 10-thumbed mods, hehe.

[X-hellfire]

Originally Posted by X-hellfire

It´s been lying in pieces since last autumn when ripped it out of my Stacker T01 and put in quad and Gigabyte P35-DQ6 mb etc, haven´t found a case to replace it yet, still looking...

...well, since my RAID 5 on my Stacker crashed and did a recovery mission but it failed, have sent the Gigabyte motherboard on RMA, and bought a CM HAF 932 case and put my old asus cusl2 in it and it still works great



I had to remove antivirus AVG 7.5 which was upgraded to AVG 8.5 and then it just killed the cusl2 with a Pentium 3 at 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, it just stalled, up to a minute to see the links to programs in Quick Launch in Windows XP, it was totally unusable.

Installed ESET NOD32, and now it works much much better, still the 512MB RAM is struggling to keep up with todays ever so RAM- and CPU-hungry applications

When I'm running my youtube playlist it takes up 30-90% CPU and fullscreen doesn't work at all with youtube HQ content

I used Media Player Classic (MPC) and ran a NASA TV stream, 1200kbs, at the same time as some youtube music, to see todays Space Shuttle Launch but the picture had a minute lag behind the sound, my mistake as I ususally run Winamp music which works well with it as it does now after a full computer restart


I might try to install a passive heatpipe HSF on my old geforce 4 ultra as it has two noisy 40mm fans, because this geforce 2 ultra has some bottleneck here and there on games etc becasue the RMA might take a month to complete


image showed NASA TV but doesn't show now with Print Screen

[X-hellfire]

I have plans of putting a 10/100/1000 NIC in the asus cusl2

...it seemed like a good idea some time ago but now I don't know anymore as the it really starts to how it´s old age, it's no point really

I had planned to swap harddiskracks from the CM Stacker to the CM HAF 932 but as I learned when I put it together those CM 4-in-3 device does not fit in the three available 5,25" bays

had to dismount the harddisks frpm them and put them in the five HAF 932 special plastic with rubber mountings harddisk bays, they don't work very well though when I put 3 hardisks in it and had the case on my desktop it caused some serious resonance which made the whole desktop vibrate

disconnected one harddisk it worked little better, still very annoying sound but it went almost away when the case was placed on the floor

The CM HAF 932 is great case in many ways but I might have to sell it anyway as it does not suit my needs