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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:19:13 -0700
From:      Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com>
To:        "Greg J." <xcas@cox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mainboard suggestions?
Message-ID:  <1095265153.53126.2.camel@server.mcneil.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040915022040.0a222384.xcas@cox.net>
References:  <20040915003915.2489d1b0.solita2@solitarylight.com> <20040915022040.0a222384.xcas@cox.net>

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On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 02:20, Greg J. wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 September 2004 07:39, John Wilson wrote:
> > > I am currently in the process of spec'ing a new machine for myself
> > > and wish to go the AMD64 way.  Unfortunately, trying to find good
> > > information on the myriad of mainboards that are available is giving
> > > me a serious headache. :)
> 
> Can't go wrong with a MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R mobo. I have one & it works
> great. It does have a Realtek NIC (device re).. but I haven't had issues
> with it. :)

Only problem that I've had is that hardware tx checksums are broken. 
You have to turn them off or you'll see odd hangs when doing a lot of
nfs over that nic.

I'd suggest getting firewire as you can at some time possibly use it as
a debug port.

Sean




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