Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 23:01:20 -0500 From: Jud <jud@operamail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware notes (mobo recommendations?) Message-ID: <RQXR1Y0NKUT3YHEDOKC7KF86TQOJNL.3c844310@sparky> In-Reply-To: <20020303171529.GI351@roman.mobil.cz>
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3/3/2002 12:15:29 PM, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> wrote: [snip] >> I recently bought an ASUS A7V-266E mobo (KT266A chipset) for less >> than $160 that works beautifully with FBSD. It also has an on-board >> Promise RAID chip that I believe is the same as the one in the Fasttrak >> 100, which FBSD supports. > > Hm, I've seen more than one report of problems with the south > bridge. What version of FreeBSD do you use on that machine? Do you > run X? What about the onboard audio? Do you actually use the onboard > RAID? "works beautifully" is a bit vague. Operamail, which has been going through a vendor change this weekend, just sent me your message - after the one in which you said you'd already bought another mobo. Much luck with your new purchase. :) The answers to your questions: I get the impression there may be different southbridge chipsets on different KT266A mobos. Anyway, the southbridge on the A7V266-E is the VIA VT8233. FreeBSD version - I track 4.5-stable. Last cvsup and "make world" was last night. X - Latest available port, usually. ATM I'm running XFree 4.1.12,1 (or something like that). Audio - I liked my old SB16 PCI's sound slightly better than the onboard when I tried it with Win2K, and the SB sounds lovely with FBSD, so I've never listened to the onboard sound with FBSD. Onboard RAID - Don't use it just yet, but it's in my very near future (I'd guesstimate within a month). The last time I priced the Fastrak 100 as a standalone it was around $75, so I was very happy with just over $150 for the mobo. "Beautiful" is vague, yes - subjective, too. So let me say that I've experienced no problems or incompatibilities whatever between FreeBSD and this mobo in the month or so I've had it. In terms of raw numbers, with an AMD XP1800+ and a single ATA66 HD, last night's "make world" clocked in at just over 22 minutes. Beautiful, no? ;-) Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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