From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 28 4:43:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B33EB37B417 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 04:43:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 29216 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2001 12:43:25 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-135-65.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.65) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 12:43:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 51744 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2001 12:43:24 -0000 Received: from mother.wg.local (HELO mother.wastegate.net) (192.168.1.2) by dap-209-166-135-65.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 12:43:24 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Greg Lehey" , "Nils Holland" Cc: "FreeBSD Hackers" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 07:44:50 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <20011228115744.A1908@tisys.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD have a problem with some AMD processors? Message-Id: <20011228124331.B33EB37B417@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:57:44 +0100, Nils Holland wrote: >Now, I have found a lot of similar stories on the web. I guess some >mainboard manufacturer's (and even VIA as a chipset manufacturer) seem to >care very little about quality assurance. That's actually sad: AMD's best >processors aren't worth a dime if the components they depend on are cheap >crap. > >As a side note: I have bought numeros board from Epox and never had a >single problem with them, so in my opionion, Epox (together with ASUS) is >probably one of the companies I would recommend people to buy boards from, >but Chaintech and other cheapies should probably be avoided... abit has been extremely good to me. even windows 98 doesn't crash on it!!!! i have the abit kt7a with a 1gHz socket a athlon. I don't like Soyo, FICS, and a bunch of others i cant think of --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message