Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:15:04 +0200 From: Martin Nilsson <martin@gneto.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What kind of MotherBoard is better for FreeBsd and linux? Message-ID: <42AECA48.3090101@gneto.com> In-Reply-To: <20050614100144.GA1103@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <99389684.20050610003512@molecon.ru> <20050613222428.GA3835@dragon.NUXI.org> <42AEA4DB.7020604@gneto.com> <20050614100144.GA1103@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David O'Brien wrote: >>>>MSI >>>>K8D Master3 (MS-9161) >>It is very picky with the memories on the CPU that have 8 slots. MSI >>only supports 8 dimms on that CPU at 266MHz, 6*dimm at 333MHz. > > It depends on the revision of the Opteron used. Rev.E CPU's should > handle 8*DDR333 fine. Aha, nice to know I probably had rev.CG (2*246) as this was a couple of months ago. Are rev. E CPU:s out yet in models slower than the pricy 252? >>MSI:s support is slow and terrible - you get what you pay for! > Agreed! They also have a nasty habit of end-of-lifeing their Opteron > boards. In fact you can't even navigate to the MS-9161 product page on > the MSI USA web site. :-( The BIOS for their older Opteron boards haven't been updated in ages! >>I'm testing the Supermicro OEM boards instead, I will post a status >>report when I know more. > What model board do you have? H8DAE-B (AMD 8131/8111) H8DCE-B (nVidia CK804/IO4) On order, haven't got these yet. /Martin
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