Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:01:47 -0700 From: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: VIA K8M800 Asus K8V-MX Message-ID: <43403CAB.1000007@shaw.ca>
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--=======AVGMAIL-43403CAB16C4======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all: Getting desperate for more information.... Two questions related to AMD motherboards and kernel/driver support. I posted earlier on "questions" and drew a blank so hopefully this might be a more suitable forum. I was planning to buy a new computer and have been eyeing the Asus K8V-mx as a candidate. My googling has not given me much joy in determining compatibility issues for FreeBSD. The chipsets used are the K8M800 and the 8237. I DO NOT presently want to run 64-bit. Am very happy to install i386 5.4. 1) Does anyone have experience with whether the VIA K8M800 chipset, (includes unichrome graphics) is supported in i386 - it does not appear to be supported in AMD64 FBSD. It seems to be quite a different animal from the K8t800 whch apppears to have solid support (at least in the AMD64 release). Although this is an "all-in-one" board I would be reasonably comfortable augmenting if necessary with an auxiliary video card or nic. I have a spare nic, and a video card would have to be purchased anyway for an alternative board without integrated video. 2) Is the AMD Cool 'n quiet feature (PowerNow) feature supported while running i386 FBSD on an AMD64 processor? (Assuming MB support). Thanks, Graham/ -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --=======AVGMAIL-43403CAB16C4======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005 --=======AVGMAIL-43403CAB16C4=======--
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