Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 4:36:09 -0400 From: <mezz7@cox.net> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: motherboard has died, any recommend? nForce2? or else? Message-ID: <20040826083610.JUDL1237.lakermmtao07.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net>
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> From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> > > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:54:07 -0400 > <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Current I am stuck in the webmail and family computer for now. > > Anyway, my motherboard just died last night so it looks like I will > > have to shopping for some new hardwares. It is a desktop and I > > reinstall GNOME stuff for test pretty often. I am pretty happy with > > the AthlonXP 2000 speed, so I don't really need any power or > > expensive hardwares. > > > > I am wondering if anyone can recommend me what chipest (include > > motherboard) should I buy? nForce2? VIA? or whatever? I personal > > like AMD, btw. :-) The nForce2 chipest is one thing that I am not > > sure how it plays nice with FreeBSD. I think, I might pick AthlonXP > > Barton 2800 to 3200 as my choice of CPU. No Athlon64 or newest CPU, > > all I need is stable that will work very well with FreeBSD. > > > > All I need is chipest or motherboard recommend then I will pick CPU, > > HD, RAM and etc by myself because I know what to get. Thanks! > > I am happy with my Abit NF7-S2. The only real problem is that onboard > sound does not work with it. The ethernet works well. The ATA device > is only detected as generic and thus can only do ata33. Not bothered > to check if the sata works or is even detected yet. > > The chipset is Nforce2 Ultra 400. Umm, I believe that 5.x support nForce and nForce2 ATA (need to check in the hardware list again). I think, I will get nForce2 motherboard if I don't get any more recommend by tomorrow. Thanks! Cheers, Mezz
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