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Date:      Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:38:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      <up@3.am>
To:        Essenz Consulting <john@athena.lightningone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Motherboards for 2u Rack mounts
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003310837290.84284-100000@richard2.pil.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003302346360.56074-100000@athena.lightningone.net>

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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Essenz Consulting wrote:

> The only problem with the L440GX+ is getting them. There are real hard to
> find now since Intel is phasing them out, intro the 820 and 840 chip
> boards. About 3 weeks ago I treid to get a hold of 4 L440GX+'s, I must of
> called about 10 distributors, nobody had it.

Try:  http://www.aberdeeninc.com

They had them around that time, when everybody else was telling me they
couldn't get them.  Competitively priced, too ($569, IIRC).

> As for a good motherboard, as soon as all the bugs are ironed out with the
> Supermicro PIIIDM3, thats a powerfull board. The 840 chipset blows away
> 440BX/GX based boards. Not to mention 4 Gb of memory support!
> 
> -john
> 
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
> 
> > up@3.am wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Well I got my dream come true... I have been assigned to build some
> > > > servers based on server based motherboards. (sounds kinda corny). These
> > > > servers are going to be housed in 2u rack mount cases. Since I have
> > > > never had the luxury or the funding to accomplish this in the past I
> > > > never looked at the hardware. Now I am looking and I feel totally
> > > > unprepared on what is the best and best supported motherbaord to chose
> > > > to put these into service with FreeBSD.
> > > 
> > > I've been happy with Intel L440GX+'s, but they ain't cheap...
> > 
> > 	I second that. You can even change the BIOS options from the serial
> > console. Mondo cool.
> > 
> > Doug
> > -- 
> >     "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into
> > existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously.
> >     The master simply replied, "Mu."
> > 
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