From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 11 13:27:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C05C37B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:27:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from server.simon1.net (user23.net263.oh.sprint-hsd.net [208.17.71.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CC243F3F for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:27:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simon1@server.simon1.net) Received: from server.simon1.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.simon1.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h1BLRKLO051534; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:27:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (simon1@localhost) by server.simon1.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id h1BLRKsE051531; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:27:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:27:20 -0500 (EST) From: Simon1 To: Mike Harding Cc: Subject: Re: Motherboard recommendation? In-Reply-To: <20030211170050.B3D0A1310D@netcom1.netcom.com> Message-ID: <20030211162432.U51476-100000@server.simon1.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (Though you haven't listed any ABit boards) I've had excellent luck with ABit, with the exception of a past post(You had to configure RAID a little differently than they showed). In particular, the KR7A series was completely rock solid. The a new KD7-R has also been running like a champ since I installed it a few months back. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Mike Harding wrote: > > I am retiring my A7V133 because of consistent IDE corruption (I am > currently running PIO 4). Can anyone make a quick recommendation of a > motherboard that they are happy with? I am looking at > > Asus A7N8x (Athlon) > Epox RDA+ (Athlon) > Asus P4PE (P4) > > I have been an Athlon user but this VIA nonsense has me really annoyed > - I will not be buying a VIA product again. > > I will probably be getting a 2.4 gig processor. > > I am just looking for a basic functionality report - these MBs are > fairly new and I want to be sure they run -STABLE. > > Thanks! > > Mike H. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message