From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 24 12:32:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01845 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 12:32:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01836 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 12:32:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) Received: from hrotti.ifi.uio.no (2602@hrotti.ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.15]) by ifi.uio.no (8.8.8/8.8.7/ifi0.2) with ESMTP id VAA28564; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:32:11 +0100 (MET) Received: (from dag-erli@localhost) by hrotti.ifi.uio.no ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:32:10 +0100 (MET) To: Stephen Ritter Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS P2L97DS References: <3.0.3.32.19980224095230.00a24c40@happy.qualcomm.com> Organization: Gutteklubben Terrasse / KRST X-url: http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dag-erli/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 24 Feb 1998 21:32:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: Stephen Ritter's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:52:30 -0800" Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Stephen Ritter 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