From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 10 13:10:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561D016A41F for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:10:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from yggdrasil.interstroom.nl (yggdrasil.interstroom.nl [80.85.129.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3DD43D45 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:10:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from ip127-180.introweb.nl ([80.65.127.180] helo=[192.168.1.42]) by yggdrasil with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1E2qLk-0003EB-00 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:10:28 +0200 Message-ID: <42F9FCC3.40303@axis.nl> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:10:27 +0200 From: Olaf Greve User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.4.1.centos4 (X11/20050721) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-Information: Interstroom virusscan, please e-mail helpdesk@interstroom.nl for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Subject: What motherboard to use with AMD-64 + Adaptec 2200S + FBSD5.4 AMD-64 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:10:49 -0000 Hi, First of all, I'm new to this list so I hope I'm not flogging a dead horse with my request, but I'm in some dire need of some good advice and I hope someone over here can help me (as I'm not 100% certain of some of the possible solutions I've seen)... The situation: I want to use FreeBSD 5.4 Release AMD-64, and I want to do so using my Adaptec 2200S U320 SCSI RAID controller. Now, the issue is that the machine that has been delivered has an Asus K8N deluxe board, with an AMD-64 Athlon XP 3400 processor, with a 754 socket. The issue: The motherboard only has 32-bit 33MHz PCI slots, and the Adaptec 2200S requires a 64-bit 66MHz (or faster) slot in order to be able to work at U320. I can use it in a 32-bit slot, but that would down-grade the performance to U160, which is something I really rather not want to do. Basically, the question then winds down to the following: Can anyone recommend me a good motherboard (preferrably server-grade) that can -preferrably- use the same processor, is compatible with FreeBSD 5.4 Release AMD-64, and that has at least one 64-bit 66MHz (or better) slot? In case there are no possibilities for such a board with this particular processor, can anyone recommend a board that does have the correct type of PCI slots, and a different type of processor? Thank you very kindly in advance for taking the time to address this request, and I hope someone has some good answers... Kind regards, Olaf Greve