Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:33:05 -0400 From: "Robert J. Adams" <radams@siscom.net> To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@3-cities.com>, "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@dsinw.com>, "Booth, Christopher" <Christopher_Booth@mcgraw-hill.com> Cc: "'freebsd'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Motherboard/CPU Query Message-ID: <0d1b01beccae$27258a20$3102fbd1@siscom.net> References: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990712134335.-17551A-100000@akane> <000501beccac$048fd990$0100fea9@NOMAD>
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Guys, We've been using the Asus P2B-L (onboard Intel PRO/100 Ethernet) pretty much exclusively. We've also used the version of the board that has onboard Adaptec 2940U2W in addition to the PRO/100. We have never had a problem with either board. -j --- Robert J. Adams radams@siscom.net http://www.siscom.net Looking to outsource news? http://www.newshosting.com SISCOM Network Administration - President, SISCOM Inc. Phone: 937-222-8150 FAX: 937-222-8153 ----- Original Message ----- From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>; Booth, Christopher <Christopher_Booth@mcgraw-hill.com> Cc: 'freebsd' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 5:17 PM Subject: Re: Motherboard/CPU Query > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> > To: Booth, Christopher <Christopher_Booth@mcgraw-hill.com> > Cc: 'freebsd' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: Motherboard/CPU Query > > > > > > > Is anyone out there running FreeBSD with an Alton 748 PII/III > SVGA/Sound/56k > > > modem (i.e., the video, sound, and modem cards are built in) motherboard > and > > > an Intel Celeron 333a CPU? > > > > > > If so, have you any caveats? > > > > Do not under any circumstances ever, ever, ever run a motherboard > > with everything built in. You have cheap hardware that is barely supported > > by the manufacturers even under Windwos, poor (usually) quality control, > > and it's hard to upgrade single pieces. Especially if one thing goes bad. > > I sometimes think that is also true of on-board SCSI but there are times > when an on-board scsi is handy. That is the only on-board product that I can > think of that has a reason. The sound, video, and etc. certainly seem to be > the bottom end of the device capability range. I don't like internal modems > because you can reset them with out a reboot and a built-in modem is looked > at with even greater disapproval. So, I think Rick's first sentence was > phrased just about right. > > Kent > > > > > > > Rick > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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