Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:06:33 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?B?6Z+T5a625qiZIEJpbGwgSGFja2Vy?= <askbill@conducive.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard Asus P5N-E SLI compatibility with FreeBSD 7 Message-ID: <47677F89.5040501@conducive.net> In-Reply-To: <20071217222806.4dfd1312@gmail.com>
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Fabien Degomme wrote: > Hi, > > my question is about the Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard. I searched if > this MB is compatible with FreeBSD 7 but I don't have concrete > answer. > > So I just want to know if anyone owns this card with FreeBSD 6 > or 7 and if it works well. > > Thanks in advance :) > > > morphalus > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > There are significant differences among the P5 'family, but AFAIK, all P5(xx) do work with just about any release of FreeBSD, (we've used 6.2 thru 6.3, all 7.X, 8-CURRENT). That said, there are MB, 'glue' chipset, and BIOS differences that can require special attention or reduce networking or Xorg utility, i.e. - getting a USB mouse to play nice (BIOS USB settings), perhaps having an onboard NIC (P5K & Alantec) that is not supported, and less than optimal graphics adapter choices. Some (again P5K) rob signal & interrupt lines for the 'faster' of two PCI-e sockets in such a way as to preclude effective use of the onnboard PCI slots when that socket is populated. Not so if the 'slower' PCI-e (only) is used. JM2CW, but, other than their 'bespoke' server MB, ASUS seem to place so much emphasis on Win-Gaming performance (or benchmarks..) that the compromises they make to 'win' do not make life easy for applying their consumer-grade MB to *N*X server or desktop use. We've had better results and far less hassle for both server and 'power user' desktop with comparably easy to find GigaByte MB. HTH, Billhome | help
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