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Date:      Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:36:50 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)
Message-ID:  <20050414003650.GA84730@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <425DB747.40506@ec.rr.com>
References:  <20050413061042.53D2D378C2@mxc1.crockettint.com> <425DB747.40506@ec.rr.com>

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 08:20:23PM -0400, jason henson wrote:
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> >MSI K8T Neo
> >
> >AMD64 3000 w/1MB
> >
> I was just reading the archives this week at freebsd.org and it leads me=
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> to believe msi make crap boards.  They can not handle tough loads or=20
> lots of ram.  I think it was in the amd64 list under a heading that=20
> mentioned 8gig of ram.  There were several developers that just trashed=
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> there msi boards and all the rest of there hardware worked fine in a new=
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> board.  You should look it up.

There was/is an issue with >4GB RAM, but I don't recall it being only
with MSI boards. And since 4GB is the limit for 32-bit addressing, I
would rather suspect a 32/64-bitness issue.

Personally I've used MSI motherboards in my last four desktops, running
Linux or FreeBSD, and have never had issues with them. I'm using a MSI
K8T NEO FSR (MS-6702) in my current amd64 box without problems.

Roland
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