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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