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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE with AMD Phenom
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John . said the following on 2008-11-19 19:54:
> Hi list
> 
> FreeBSD 7 or 8.0-CURRENT - has anyone been able to get it working on
> an AMD Phenom machine? I've googled around but not seen any solid
> success stories yet.
> 
> I'm looking at these motherboards:
> 
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1867
> and 8GB RAM

That card does not support 8Gb, only 4Gb.

I got this motherboard and it works fine with AMD64 and 8GB memory.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2694