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Subject: Re: Intel DP45SG motherboard problem
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Hi,

On 20 Aug 2009, at 10:16, David Peall wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm having such trouble trying to get FreeBSD onto the PC.  I've  
> googled and found the following old thread:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org/msg03470.html
>
> And the following forum post:
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3048
>
> But there is no solution proposed.  I've tried everything I can  
> think of. [etc]

Is the BIOS up to date? See:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2932&OSFullname=OS+Independent&lang=eng&strOSs=38


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Bob Bishop
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