From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 18 12:44:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DCAF16A41F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:44:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8010D43D46 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:44:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wolf.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j9ICi1jr063879 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:44:01 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 63822-01 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:44:00 +1000 (EST) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4]) by wolf.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j9ICh0wF063847 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:43:00 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from svmailmel.bytecraft.internal (Not Verified[10.0.0.24]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5, 0, 3, 78) id ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:43:00 +1000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:42:59 +1000 Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1053CB1@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Hardware selection for comment. Thread-Index: AcXTySuBwBmJNjIYSTuuVT1a34++SQAFfDqw From: "Murray Taylor" To: Subject: Hardware selection for comment. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:44:05 -0000 Comments requested from people who may have used / broken the=20 following components. I'm looking for items like unwanted interactions, driver probs, etc. >From looking at the 5.4 hardware page=20 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html=20 the general selection seems to be supported, but I have mental question marks against the graphics card and the response time of the monitor (I intend to use KDE and Xorg, am not interested in flashy games / video, but do want sharp, full colour resolution) There seem to be grumbles from some linux forums re the 6600 locking up=20 occasionally...? Case CoolerMaster Centurion ATX Tower Black/Silver =20 380Watt TruPower CPU Intel Pentium 4 640 3.2Ghz 2MB 775 M/B Asus P5WD2 - Premium M/B =09 http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=3D2&model=3D493&l1=3D3&l2=3D1= 1&l3=3D18 4 Ram 2.048GB (2x-1.024GB) CL3.0 DDR2 533 HDD Seagate 300GB 7200RPM 8MB Optical Drive Pioneer 110-D 16 x DVD/RW Black w/NERO FDD 1.44MB Floppy Drive Black Graphics NVidia Sparkle GF 6600GT 128MB PCIE Tape Certance DDS5 Tape Drive SCSI Card Adaptec 19160 SCSI Card SCSI Cable LVD SCSI Cable K/B, Mouse Microsoft Multimedia Desktop K/B=20 =20 & Optical Mouse Black=20 Monitor SONY 17" SDMX75KB DVI-D 12MS Black LCD =20 thanks all mjt --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.***