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Date:      Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:15:53 -0700
From:      Corey Holcomb-Hockin <crsntlvs@ipeg.com>
To:        Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3DA73F89.8030403@ipeg.com>
References:  <1034364661.5f3247c0jud@myrealbox.com>

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Jud wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
>To: Corey Holcomb-Hockin <crsntlvs@ipeg.com>
>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, 
>>and with a tv card.   I'd like to know some motherboards that work well 
>>with FreeBSD?
>>
>>Someone didn't have the same troubles with  soltek SL-75DRV2 
>><http://www1.soltek.com.tw/English/product/75drv2.htm>;
>>
>>I've bought asus card because my hp pavillion had a asus card with a via 
>>chipset.  I read after that they don't document their boards so that 
>>open source developers can support all the features easily.  Whats a 
>>more open motherboard brand?  Are Via chipsets the best supported? The 
>>card I'm having trouble with has a acer chipset.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>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
>
>  
>
A person had a a7v-133 that worked fine.  Its a different chipset.

I asked about the tvcard problem a couple weeks ago in 
freebsd-multimedia.  It never got solved.

Thanks for the help everybody.  I'll go through the boards you listed 
and look up reviews.  

Corey Holcomb-Hockin


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