Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 09:48:36 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Component check Message-ID: <199512011648.JAA26065@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199512011408.OAA01688@elbereth.blueberry.co.uk> References: <199512011408.OAA01688@elbereth.blueberry.co.uk>
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> Has anyone got any horror stories about the following pieces of kit? I'm > planning on putting together my next FreeBSD system, and want it to be > as hassle free as possible. I will be running 2.0.5 initially, with an > upgrade to 2.1 (or any updated versions) around about Christmas time: > > Motherboard: ASUS P55TP4XE (I don't anticipate any problems, many of > you on this list have recommended it) > Cache: 256K Pipeline > > I've seen some comments about pipeline problems with 2.1 recently. Is this > a generic problem, or just restricted to certain motherboards? I think a couple of us have seen problems with this particular motherboard combination, but I think the problems are due to the NFS software on my box, and I believe the memory is too slow on the other box. > Chipset: Intel Triton > BIOS: Award Flash > IDE: On board 2 port enhanced > SCSI BIOS: NCR > SCSI control: ASUS SC200 Fast SCSI-2 > Graphics: Diamond Stealth 64 1 Mbyte PCI > CD-ROM: NEX 5xi 6 speed SCSI 2 > Memory: 60ns EDO SIMMs > > I might instead opt for: > > Graphics: Diamond Stealth 64 2 Mbyte DRAM PCI > > or > > Graphics: Diamond Stealth 64 2 Mbyte VRAM PCI I'd look really hard at the STB Velocity 64V. It's a very nice board, and has the ability to be upgraded easier. > a) SCSI and EIDE conflicts. But since I don't intend to have any > EIDE disks on the system there should be no problems. I've got both and I don't have any problems. > b) Incompatibilities with the Diamond Stealth. See above. > Anyone got any advice they could pass on? I'm *very* pleased with the box I have. I'm also trying to get to the point that I can re-create the NFS hangs I'm seeing, but I haven't been able to reproduce them lately. :( Nate
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