Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:55:55 +0000 From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS mobo for desktop Message-ID: <20090126145555.GC6054@hades.panopticon> In-Reply-To: <20090121124555.GA99191@hades.panopticon> References: <20090119140424.GA56409@hades.panopticon> <20090121124555.GA99191@hades.panopticon>
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* Dmitry Marakasov (amdmi3@amdmi3.ru) wrote: > > I'm planning to upgrade my desktop to C2D and am picking motherboard > > for it. I prefer ASUS and I guess P5Q model line is actual now, but > > there are quite a bunch of specific models, so it's hard enough to > > pick. Are there any positive experience with those mobos (I.e. no > > problems with onboard NIC, ATA/SATA controllers and other stuff)? > > I'm planning to install 7.1 i386. Also I'm planning to install 4GB > > RAM there - I'll just get my 3.25 or 3.5, right (I think I've heard > > of some freezes with 4GB)? > > I've bought Asus P5Q. For now I've just tested it with my bootable > flash (-CURRENT from around September) - onboard Ethernet (Atheros) > and PATA controller (Marvell) didn't work. However, after updating > kernel to recent CURRENT Ethernet worked and PATA hard drive was > detected). Now I'll check whether I really need CURRENT there (or > 7.1 would suffice), move my desktop to that box, test it for a while > and report some more info. As promised, some more info. - 7.1 is not enough, so I'm using current. - With current, everything works so far. Didn't use it for much serious work yet, but played Quake4 in wine for ~6 hrs :) - There was problem with ale(4) (see thread 'NFS data corruption' on freebsd-current@) - fixed with turning rxcsum and rxcsum off on the interface. - Also nvidia-driver refused to work hanging the system when 4GB RAM were installed in the box. Had to leave only 2GB Unrelated to hardware and current, I've used gjournal for a first time in this install, and found that the system is really unresponsive when writing large files. In general, I'd say I'm satisfied. -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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