From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 2 22:13:28 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 95B4A16A41C for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:13:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from post-23.mail.nl.demon.net (post-23.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C63343D4C for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:13:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from wcborstel.demon.nl ([82.161.134.53]:19851 helo=[192.168.1.4]) by post-23.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdxwL-0006VV-8J; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:13:25 +0000 Message-ID: <429F847B.8040402@wcborstel.nl> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:13:15 +0200 From: Jorn Argelo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dgmm References: <200506022209.31870.freebsd01@dgmm.net> In-Reply-To: <200506022209.31870.freebsd01@dgmm.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New motherboard advice 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: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:13:28 -0000 dgmm wrote: >Has anyone installed FreeBSD using this board? > > Gigabyte 8S648FX -RZ ATX SiS648FX P4 Motherboard. > >http://www.digiconcepts.com/gigabyte_motherboards_105.htm > >SiS 648FX chipset >Processor: Socket 478 for IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4 processor >Chipset: >North-bridge: SiS648FX >South-bridge: SiS963L MuTIOLŪ Media I/O >CMedia 9761A Codec chip >ICS1883 LAN chip > >Any hardware incompatibilities I should know of? Should I avoid it like the >plague? Or is it a nice, reliable, stable board? > >I don't see much mention in the hardware compatibility list for SiS chipsets. >is there somewhere else I can look to find "recommended" motherboards? > >I'm intending putting an Intel P4 3.2GHz CPU in and DDR400 ram. > >It'd be nice if all the onboard stuff would play nicely with FreeBSD > > Just standard hardware with no exotic devices. Should work out of the box. I use a SiS chipset in my server as well. Maybe your LAN chip will not be reconized out of hte box but I think it will. There's just one way to find out ;) And I'm not sure what you want to do with it, but if you want to make it a server a 3.2 Ghz is way too much processing power. I have a 2Ghz with 400 MHz FSB and it's still "too fast". Jorn.