From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 00:06:12 2004 Return-Path: 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 D2AB616A4CE; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:06:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (fed1rmmtao09.cox.net [68.230.241.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68E3C43D2F; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:06:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.32.140]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02.01 201-2131-111-104-103-20040709) with ESMTP id <20040903000544.FDZV16651.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:05:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:05:41 -0500 To: "Vulpes Velox" References: <20040825225405.SUTS4710.lakermmtao06.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> <20040825232842.14a8cf08@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> From: "Jeremy Messenger" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040825232842.14a8cf08@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54 (Linux, build 751) cc: gnome@freebsd.org cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: motherboard has died, any recommend? nForce2? or else? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 00:06:13 -0000 Hello, On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:28:42 -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:54:07 -0400 > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Current I am stuck in the webmail and family computer for now. >> Anyway, my motherboard just died last night so it looks like I will >> have to shopping for some new hardwares. It is a desktop and I >> reinstall GNOME stuff for test pretty often. I am pretty happy with >> the AthlonXP 2000 speed, so I don't really need any power or >> expensive hardwares. >> >> I am wondering if anyone can recommend me what chipest (include >> motherboard) should I buy? nForce2? VIA? or whatever? I personal >> like AMD, btw. :-) The nForce2 chipest is one thing that I am not >> sure how it plays nice with FreeBSD. I think, I might pick AthlonXP >> Barton 2800 to 3200 as my choice of CPU. No Athlon64 or newest CPU, >> all I need is stable that will work very well with FreeBSD. >> >> All I need is chipest or motherboard recommend then I will pick CPU, >> HD, RAM and etc by myself because I know what to get. Thanks! > > I am happy with my Abit NF7-S2. The only real problem is that onboard > sound does not work with it. The ethernet works well. The ATA device > is only detected as generic and thus can only do ata33. Not bothered > to check if the sata works or is even detected yet. > > The chipset is Nforce2 Ultra 400. I have the same chipest and result as your, but I have fixed few of them. I only took a look at SMBus, ata and sound so far. I almost get SMBus work, but not done yet and I am kind of waiting for someone to respone in -hackers. I don't know if your ata and sound have the same IDs as mine, but you can check two PRs of mine to get idea to fix your if you are insteresting. ata: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/71321 sound: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/71317 The id can be check by run 'pciconf -l -v'. There have few more 'noneN' in my 'pciconf', so I am planning to walk throught list to see if I can get those work. As for SATA and RAID, I don't bother them either because I don't have and/or need them now. BTW: My motherboard is MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum (MS-6570E-010). URL: http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K7N2_Delta2_Platinum&class=mb Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7 at cox.net - mezz at FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome at FreeBSD.org