From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 3 11:35:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com [192.25.240.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603E237B405 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:35:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgrel1.cos.agilent.com (msgrel1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.77]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C346F2EB9; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:35:44 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by msgrel1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24510303; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:35:44 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id LAA22344; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:35:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112031935.LAA22344@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: Brian Dean Cc: Warner Losh , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comments on four mobos Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Dec 2001 11:19:39 EST." <20011201111939.B9285@neutrino.bsdhome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.7) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 11:35:43 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brian Dean wrote: > While not on your list, I bought an ASUS A7M266 mid-summer and haven't > had any trouble. I'm not sure about the differences between the ATA266 > which is on your list - but hey, it's only off by one letter :). While the A7M266 is an excellent motherboard (I, too, have one), it's pretty expensive, and I'd like to point out that the chipset that it uses (the AMD 760) is effectively obsolete. AMD puts out motherboard chipsets mainly to promote their processors, and are (apparently) intended to be used only until other the other chipset manufacturers start producing decent chipsets (which they now are). Also note that the A7M266 does have (very well known) problems with the Netgear FA311 (not FA310) card (bottom line: "use anything but"). Today, motherboards based upon the SiS 735 or the VIA KT266A ("266A", *NOT* "266") are the ones to get. These motherboards are *MUCH* cheaper than the ATM266, and are a bit faster. Just go to the various motherboard newsgroups and pick one that seems reliable. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message