From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 21 00:27:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DEE16A407 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:27:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D87113C4CE for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:27:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JRzH9-00034Q-Fy; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:26:59 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m1L0Qw0I001611; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:26:58 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1A287FCA4B3; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:26:53 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:26:53 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: David Naylor Message-ID: <20080221002653.GA93965@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:26:59 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:27:05 -0000 On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:06:30PM +0200, David Naylor wrote: > > Hi, > > I am currently replacing my defunct motherboard, I am unable to test > the hardware before purchase and I am seeking advice on which > motherboard to get. > > Upon review I have selected a Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4, does FreeBSD > work with this board. It does have a nForce 650i (and I am not sure > FreeBSD works with it?) I just built a workstation with a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (P35/ICH9) board and am running a core 2 duo on it with AMD 7.0RC1. Everything works including ACPI which is very important if you want to run more than 1 core. > > If anyone has an alternative suggestion please let me know. The > motherboard will have to support (my budget is about < ZAR2000 ~ > USD275): > o) Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Mine supports that with up to 1333MHz FSB. > o) 4x 800Mhz DDR2 Ram Yep. I've got 4GB, don't know whether it will go to 8, the handbook is no help. > o) 2x SATA HDD Yep. 4 Channels. > o) 2x IDE CDROM Drive Yes. Only 1 IDE channel but supports 2 devices > o) 2x nVidia 7600 GT I guess that's SLI which I don't know a lot about or whether FreeBSD (X) can make any use of it. Only 1 PCI-E x 16 on my board so I guess not for me. > > Thank you all for your help I don't know anything about your nForce650i chipset but as a rule of thumb, if the technology is more than 6 months old, it's likely to work unless there's non-disclosure by the manufacturer (I think Nvidia are quite good in that respect). May be somebody else can comment on whether it will work. Or if you can drop one of the video cards you can use the same motherboard as me since I've tested it (apart from sound). And it's probably cheaper! About 65 quid (130 USD). -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html