Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:25:48 +0100 From: "Mikkel C. Simonsen" <mcs@post5.tele.dk> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Elitegroup K7S5A - SIS 735 chipset Message-ID: <3BFA59DC.79A0@post5.tele.dk> References: <bulk.5388.20011120045015@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 02:31:43 -0700 > From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Elitegroup K7S5A - SIS 735 chipset > > > > >Is the K7S5A mainboard and the SIS 735 chipset supported by FreeBSD > >4.4-STABLE? What about the onboard ide controller? Can I run my hard > >disks in udma66 or udma100 mode? > >Any known problems with this mainboard and FreeBSD? > > > >Your comments are welcome! Tnx! > > I've heard good (performance) things about that chipset, but SiS is > legendary for making crappy, unreliable, flaky, buggy hardware that drives > up the support costs of companies selling mobo's based on their chipsets. > It may work fine, I dunno, but is the $20 you'll have worth your time and > headache if it doesn't? According to Toms Hardware Guide the stability of both the SiS730 and 735 is great. The K7S5A received a very good review - here is a small bit: "the Elitegroup board ran solidly, regardless of the memory timings I used." In my experience the K7S5A runs a lot more stable than the Via KT133 based motherboards I have used. The K7SEM runs very well also, if you need a cheap/small system. Best regards, Mikkel C. Simonsen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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