Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:00:36 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Roberto Nunnari <roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is this hardware supported? Message-ID: <20080419090036.GA6302@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <480938EC.2000103@supsi.ch> References: <480938EC.2000103@supsi.ch>
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--FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 02:12:28AM +0200, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I would like to buy the following motherboard but > I couldn't find its chipsets in the 6.3 supported HW list: >=20 > So, I thought to ask the list for comments. >=20 > http://www.gigabyte.de/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue= =3DMotherboard&ProductID=3D2613&ProductName=3DGA-73PVM-S2H >=20 > It's a GigaByte GA-73PVM-S2H >=20 > What I'm worring about is expecially the sata disk controller: > GeForce 7100/nForce 630i chipset >=20 > and the network interface: > RTL 8211B chip I would avoid Nvidia chipsets. For Athlon processors, I've had the best results with motherboards with a AMD or VIA chipset. For Intel processors, VIA or intel chipsets are fine. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgJtLQACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUE4QCeKSZkRbIemW9NCV5/HzQK/8mw 0uMAnRhOU+w7BwM10IhSeBlrvAU3khBT =4wuy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
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