From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 20:30:31 2004 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 3D35D16A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:30:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D206543D46 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:30:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rob2@pythonemproject.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c-67-169-203-186.client.comcast.net[67.169.203.186]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004120920302901100dhbine>; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:30:29 +0000 Message-ID: <41B8B5E4.1070906@pythonemproject.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:30:28 -0800 From: Rob User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael R. Wayne" , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com> <20041208222950.GB21601@gargantuan.com> <41B78815.9060504@pythonemproject.com> <20041209174601.GJ803@manor.msen.com> In-Reply-To: <20041209174601.GJ803@manor.msen.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: amd64 laptop recommendations 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, 09 Dec 2004 20:30:31 -0000 Michael R. Wayne wrote: >On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 03:02:45PM -0800, Rob wrote: > > >>Oh jeez, you guys got my mouth watering with this discussion. I have an >>AMD64 + 3800 on an Abit AV8, (socket 939) >> >> > >I'm looking at putting a box together based on that motherboard, >got any pointers? I'm planning on going with the dual video cards >(unsure which at this point) so that I can drive 4 displays at times >as well as convert to SLI mode for one real fast display. Am also planning on >spending extra cash to make it quiet. > >/\/\ \/\/ > > > > Hi Michael, LOL, quiet. My box with a Coolermaster case, 460W power supply, giant cpu fan (Zalman), and two scsci 160 drives sounds like a jet engine starting up. Unfortunately, the Abit "Guru" fan fan speed control doesn't work, and the Abit "PC Guru" utility will not load, I get an error message. This Guru tool looks fantastic. You can set trip points for cpu voltage, temps,etc, and get an audible alarm or shutdown if they are exceeded. I t was designed for the overclocker. I know better than do that stuff LOL. It will, if working, also automatically download bios and flash install it. Very cool. (if working :( My main problems have been with Windoze XP-64 beta. FreeBSD just appears to be working, although I have to admit, I really haven't put it thru its paces yet. I have one app on Windoze that I use all the time IVisit video chat, and I've been pulling out my hair and concentrating on getting that working on my laptop. Its taking 100% of my time right now. As an aside, I have no video capture drivers that will work with any cam for the Windoze 64 bit OS.. I guess I am too far ahead of my time. I was able to cvsup to 5.3-RELEASE on the FBSD side, and that is where I am currenty at. However I get lots of bogus error messages saying that almost all the config params in rc.conf are misconfigured. Yet the computer works fine. This is my own fault as I merge /etc by hand and probably missed something. I occasionally have tried to compile a port and have gotten the error message, paraphrasing, "this is a 32 bit application and can't be run on a 64 bit OS" or something like that. It seems totally bogus. (please no lectures about mergemaster, I know the drill) Right now I am stuck on both OS's trying to install a brand new beautiful Plextor PX-712SA SATA DVD+/- RW drive. It doesn't seem to be recognized by either FBSD or Windoze. So that is my 64 bit story.. I hope some of the info helps. Sincerely, Rob. ps. I will copy the AMD list on this as I or they might be able to exchange some info or tips