Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:36:02 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@ontario.mooseriver.com> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware Message-ID: <19990721093602.A26255@ontario.mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <199907211544.IAA55522@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from David Wolfskill on Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:44:34AM -0700 References: <199907211544.IAA55522@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:44:34AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: [ Deleted interesting story about installing FreeBSD ] > Happened across a decent-seeming shop that had PC hardware during a > freelance consulting gig, so I bought an ASUS P5A motherboard & some > hardware to stuff in it. (And a monitor, since the monitors I have are > Sun monitors.) ASUS motherboards are some of the best on the market. I've buildt dozens of FreeBSD boxes using these and never had a problem. > > Got everything home, and found that "ATX" apparently doesn't mean that > an "ATX" motherboard will necessarily fit in an "ATX" chassis. :-( And > the motherboard seemed to be shy one jumper (for setting the voltage to > the CPU core). And neither the motherboard nor the chassis had any > screws for attaching one to the other. > > So I guess I get to take the chassis back, go to the place where I got > the motherboard, get a chassis that fits, and get an extra jumper & > some screws.... Sounds like you got a bad chassis. It seems like most of the low end cases are coming out of China these days. The quality control on these units seem to really variable. I recently got one that had all the holes that hold the motherboard mounting post were offset by a good inch and a half. I guess there are name brands among cases, I just haven't looked into it. > > If I'm able to get the box put together, and if everything works, I > think the result should be a dramatic improvement over the 3/60. :-} > (Since she's currently using tvtwm, I know I can support that under > FreeBSD, 'cause that's what I'm using as I type this. Maybe I'll try > one of the fancier desktops... if I also get some additional memory for > the box. I'm currently using 32 MB on this desktop at work, so I > thought that 64 MB for her machine should be reasonable.) > > I keep getting the impression that PC hardware is ... quirky (to put it > nicely). <RANT> There is not a lot of love in my heart for PC hardware manufactures. Some, like ASUS, Tyan, Adaptec, and Seagate, work very hard to produce a quality product at a competitive price. And then there are those manufactures that just throw the product together any old way. The result is piece `o shit hardware that wastes your time & money and taxes your good nature. </RANT> Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.2 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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