Date: 24 Feb 1998 21:32:09 +0100 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) To: Stephen Ritter <t_sritte@qualcomm.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS P2L97DS Message-ID: <xzpogzwhhh2.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Stephen Ritter's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:52:30 -0800" References: <3.0.3.32.19980224095230.00a24c40@happy.qualcomm.com>
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Stephen Ritter <t_sritte@qualcomm.com> writes: > Hello, I am fairly new to FreeBSD (a linux convert!) and would like to know > if any of you have experience putting together a machine using the ASUS > P2L97DS motherboard? I would like to build a machine which would initially > only have one PII300 on the board, but eventually I would add the second. I can't answer the questions you asked, but I can tell you this: the P2L97 is not a good performer. It has only three DIMM slots and two ISA slots (although the latter is actually an advantage if you're not planning to use any ISA cards); it is also, to put it mildly, not the fastest LX motherboard around. If I were you, I'd either buy a Tyan or ABIT board instead, or wait for the ASUSTek's *next* LX model. Currently, ABIT LX6 seems to be the best single-CPU PII board, and Tyan Thunder 2 should be a good bet for a dual-CPU PII board. The Thunder 2 has an onboard AIC7895, i.e. Adaptec 3940UW dual-channel SCSI controller, which is supported by the CAM SCSI code (but not by the "old" SCSI code in -stable) -- "I have a closed mind. It helps keeping the rain out." (Michael Press on a.s.r) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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