From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 03:10:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org 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 DD68E16A41F for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:10:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 712C343D45 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:10:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [172.20.101.145] ([12.167.156.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7H3LoAq056205; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:21:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <4302AA97.8030002@samsco.org> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:10:15 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050615 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ken Gunderson References: <20050816121701.74816.qmail@web54306.mail.yahoo.com> <4301E39F.1050500@samsco.org> <20050816204229.758827a5.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <20050816204229.758827a5.kgunders@teamcool.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.8 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Asus A8V-E Deluxe discontinued (was Re: Hi) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:10:57 -0000 Ken Gunderson wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:01:19 -0600 > Scott Long wrote: > > >>Frank S. wrote: >> >>>Hi >>>I want to start using freebsd, and i'm not sure if it will work on my system, I have a asus A8V-E Deluxe motherboard and Ati pci expres video card X700 Pro. >>>thank you >>> >>>Frank >>> >>> >> >>I have almost the same system, but with an X600 card. It works fine >>with the exception of the on-board network controllers. As long as >>you're willing to drop in an alternate network card, it's a very >>good board. > > > I just noticed that Asus is discontinuing this mainboard so if you've > been wanting one it's a good time to get one while you can. Might look > for them to be priced for clearance as well... > I forgot to mention that this board doesn't support dual core chips. That's probably why it's being discontinued. Scott