Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 21:21:49 +0200 From: "Mark Lastdrager" <mark.lastdrager@pine.nl> To: "Andrew MacIntyre" <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au>, <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Abit SMP boards under FreeBSD (was Re: dnetc on xeon) Message-ID: <JMENLOHFMAEDBJGCKPMFKEBFCAAA.mark.lastdrager@pine.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OS2.4.32.0210112110160.93-100000@tenring.andymac.org>
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> > I believe the Abit VP6 and BP6 are quite similar and the > chipset runs > > very hot when in SMP mode, so since its not a proper > server board you > > might want to invest in some active cooling for your > chipset (usually > > just has a green heat sink on it). > > I think the VP6 uses the VIA [56]94 chipset, whereas the > BP6 uses the > Intel 440BX chipset - 2 very different animals. > > I remember some mail about problems with SMP with that VIA > chipset, which > I kept for a while but deleted only recently. I've seen a lot of VP6 boards die, including the one in my workstation at home. If you want to use the VP6, get yourself at least a decent power supply cause the VP6 seems to be quite tricky. By the way, FreeBSD runs perfectly on it ;-) -- Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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