Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:26:00 -0800 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel D510MO Mini-ITX Motherboard - Is anyone using FreeBSD on this? Message-ID: <20100128232559.GB64692@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20100125100047.GF12145@comcast.net> References: <20100125100047.GF12145@comcast.net>
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On Mon 25 Jan 2010 at 02:00:47 PST Charlie Kester wrote: >http://www.mini-box.com/D510MO-mini-ITX-Intel > >I'm thinking of ordering one of these motherboards, which have the >newest dual-core Atom processor and NM10 chipset. I'm intrigued by its >low-power, fanless operation. I already have FreeBSD running on one of >the older Atom mobo's, so I know not to expect high-end performance from >these inexpensive processors. But that older board has an annoyingly >noisy fan, and I'd like to replace it. > >Has anyone already tried putting FreeBSD on one of these? Any >problems? <closing out this thread> I did go ahead and buy one of these boards and can now report that FreeBSD-8.0/i386 boots and runs on it with no apparent problems. A user in the forums reports similar success running 8.0/amd64. Extremely quiet and inexpensive board. At around $80, it is one-third the cost of the Supermicro boards. Not much use as a space heater, however; I've had it running for more than 24 hours, busily recompiling ports, and the heatsink is just barely warm to the touch. Next time I reboot it I'm going to plug it into my Kill-a-Watt meter to measure its power draw...
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