Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:15:53 -0700 From: Corey Holcomb-Hockin <crsntlvs@ipeg.com> To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD Message-ID: <3DA73F89.8030403@ipeg.com> References: <1034364661.5f3247c0jud@myrealbox.com>
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Jud wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> >To: Corey Holcomb-Hockin <crsntlvs@ipeg.com> >Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:04:33 +0000 (GMT) >Subject: Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD > >On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Corey Holcomb-Hockin wrote: > > > >>I've been having trouble with my a7a-133. I had trouble with XFree86, >>and with a tv card. I'd like to know some motherboards that work well >>with FreeBSD? >> >>Someone didn't have the same troubles with soltek SL-75DRV2 >><http://www1.soltek.com.tw/English/product/75drv2.htm>; >> >>I've bought asus card because my hp pavillion had a asus card with a via >>chipset. I read after that they don't document their boards so that >>open source developers can support all the features easily. Whats a >>more open motherboard brand? Are Via chipsets the best supported? The >>card I'm having trouble with has a acer chipset. >> >> >> > >The A-Open AK77Pro runs very nicel with 4.6.2. I'm using >vinum in Raid 1 on it and it's greased lightning. > >A friend who owns an ISP is using it all over his plant also. > >-Jim > >****************************************** > >I noticed someone else in this thread replying that >his A7A-133 worked OK. I have an ASUS A7V333 that >works very nicely. Have you considered that it may >just be XFree or video card problems and not the >motherboard? > >Specifically, what problems are you having? > >Jud > > > A person had a a7v-133 that worked fine. Its a different chipset. I asked about the tvcard problem a couple weeks ago in freebsd-multimedia. It never got solved. Thanks for the help everybody. I'll go through the boards you listed and look up reviews. Corey Holcomb-Hockin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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