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From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au>
To: bow <bow@bow.net>
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Subject: Re: ECS K7S5A?
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, bow wrote:

> So far I've heard great stuff about the ECS K7S5A motherboard, but most of
> of the reviews I've seen is using Windows or Linux. Does anyone know how this
> board/SiS735 chipset performs on FreeBSD? I don't care for the onboard stuff,
> like sound and the network card. It's going to be a server, so I don't need
> sound. And I use Intel Pro 100BaseT network cards, so I don't the onboard
> network functions.

I'm writing this on a K7S5A (running OS/2, but I've booted FreeBSD 4.2
on it with no probs).  I'm very pleased with it, especially given the
price (AU$143 w/out onboard NIC).

It's less attractive as a server though, as this board doesn't support ECC
(though I think the SiS735 chipset does).

There are rumours that Abit is going to release a SiS745 (DDR only,
PC-2700) based board which (if it actually appears and supports ECC) might
be more attractive for this purpose.

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