From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 11 13: 3: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EB037B401 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A053D43E88 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:03:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from jud [12.33.164.6] by myrealbox.com with NetMail ModWeb Module; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:31:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD From: "Jud" To: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us Cc: crsntlvs@ipeg.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:31:01 -0400 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module X-Sender: jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1034364661.5f3247c0jud@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Jim Durham To: Corey Holcomb-Hockin Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:04:33 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Corey Holcomb-Hockin wrote: > I've been having trouble with my a7a-133. I had trouble with XFree86,=20 > and with a tv card. I'd like to know some motherboards that work well= =20 > with FreeBSD? >=20 > Someone didn't have the same troubles with soltek SL-75DRV2=20 > >=20 > I've bought asus card because my hp pavillion had a asus card with a via= =20 > chipset. I read after that they don't document their boards so that=20 > open source developers can support all the features easily. Whats a=20 > more open motherboard brand? Are Via chipsets the best supported? The=20 > card I'm having trouble with has a acer chipset. >=20 The A-Open AK77Pro runs very nicel with 4.6.2. I'm using vinum in Raid 1 on it and it's greased lightning. A friend who owns an ISP is using it all over his plant also. -Jim ****************************************** I noticed someone else in this thread replying that his A7A-133 worked OK. I have an ASUS A7V333 that works very nicely. Have you considered that it may just be XFree or video card problems and not the motherboard? Specifically, what problems are you having? Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message