From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 12 21:47:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA26767 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:47:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com (biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com [205.162.1.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA26760 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:47:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jas@flyingfox.com) Received: (from jas@localhost) by biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id WAA17506; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:46:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:46:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Shankland Message-Id: <199810130546.WAA17506@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> To: grog@lemis.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATX boards and restart after power failure In-Reply-To: <19981013105541.U21983@freebie.lemis.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Re: ATX m/boards that can't be made to power up without human intervention after a power failure:] Greg Lehey writes: > Assuming Pete McKenna's solution doesn't hold, have you thought of > informing Tyan of your displeasure? Already have. They apparently hear this complaint often enough that they have a ready-made letter apologizing for the inconvenience; nonetheless, the suggested remedy is to switch to a Pentium II m/b and CPU. The subtext here seems to be that as far as Intel is concerned, Socket 7 is dead, and AMD is positioning the K6 as a desktop/gaming chip. Maybe the m/b makers are even deliberately trying to migrate servers to the more expensive (and higher margin?) Pentium II boards. Or maybe they're just being dense. It's a shame, because I'm not crazy about Intel patenting Slot 1, and I'd like to support AMD just to prevent Intel hegemony, and the Socket 7/K6 combo is *plenty* powerful enough for my current purposes; and cost is an issue. Sigh. We'll definitely be trying Pete McKenna's solution; I'll drop a brief note saying how it worked out for us. Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message