From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 12:41:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3894316A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 12:41:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dev0.welkyn.com (h-66-134-238-248.lsanca54.covad.net [66.134.238.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B1F43DA6 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 12:41:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mvh@welkyn.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain (lsanca1-ar6-4-62-200-088.lsanca1.elnk.dsl.genuity.net [4.62.200.88]) by dev0.welkyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531FC73 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 05:41:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Harding To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 05:41:25 -0700 Message-Id: <1116506486.1032.12.camel@bsd.mvh> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: K8T890 where everything works? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:41:28 -0000 I am looking for a new motherboard/system with PCI-E, socket 939 processor. Can anyone recommend a low-hassle motherboard where everything (LAN, built-in audio) works? Or mention boards which don't work? I've removed the Nforce chipsets and the ASUS 890 board from consideration because I never want another chipset fan. The candidates available from NewEgg are (in order by price): Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 (reported to not support 4G) Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (no parallel port...) Albatron K8X890 Pro (only 1 PCI slot) ABIT AX8 (is the ethernet chip supported?) Albatron K8X890 ProII (does the audio work?) Also, is it preferable to run the PATA or SATA disks? The Albatron ProII looks nice, but it uses the VIA VT1720 Evny24PT sound chip - is this supported? I'll also be using this system for gaming in dual-boot mode... Thanks, -- Mike Harding