From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 16 19:46:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA01088 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 19:46:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA01076 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 19:46:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA11983; Sat, 17 Feb 1996 14:42:30 +1100 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 14:42:30 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199602170342.OAA11983@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, skynyrd@tahoma.cwu.edu Subject: Re: P55TP4XE issues, SP3G q's Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >I'd be interested in hearing from people familiar with the ASUS P55TP4XE on >the following issues: > 1) Securing the motherboard in a standard mid-tower case. The 2/3 > baby-AT board size hasn't fit very well into the last two cases > I've tried. Although I can match up enough plastic spacers to > firmly support the board, I've only been able to match up one > hold-down screw with the board. The result is that the board > wants to slip downward - and also from side-to-side. I've I was only able to match up 2 spacers and 1 screw, but there's a plastic slot at the bottom of the case to stop it slipping downward. > 2) Upgrading the on-board SRAM cache from 256k to a pipelined-burst > module. This looks possible, but when I called motherboards It was easy starting with the PB module, and it's easy to switch according to the motherboard manual (change 1 jumper). Bruce