From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 19:10:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 783A616A41A for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodrigc@crodrigues.org) Received: from alnrmhc12.comcast.net (alnrmhc12.comcast.net [206.18.177.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4156D13C45A for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:10:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodrigc@crodrigues.org) Received: from _hostname_ (c-66-31-37-31.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[66.31.37.31]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc12) with SMTP id <20071002190034b1200m078be>; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:00:35 +0000 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:00:34 -0400 From: "Craig Rodrigues" Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:00:34 -0400 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071002190034.GA19161@crodrigues.org> References: <20071002164246.GA986@hades.panopticon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071002164246.GA986@hades.panopticon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Dmitry Marakasov Subject: Re: Need motherboard for home fileserver X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:10:55 -0000 On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 08:42:46PM +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > Requirements: > - 4 SATA II channels > - Gigabit ethernet > - Decent sound (it'll also work as media player) > - Dualcore CPU support > - Onboard video (machine is planned to be headless, so I don't want to > bother with PCI or whatever video card) Hi, I have had good luck with the ASUS M2N32-SLI motherboard which is based on the nVidia nForce 590 SLI chipset: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1163&l1=3&l2=101&l3=0 - SiI 3132 SATA300 controller - NVIDIA nForce MCP55 Networking Adapter onboard ethernet (works only with nfe driver in CURRENT, not with nve driver) - NVidia MCP55 High Definition Audio Controller (works with snd_hda driver) - supports dual core AMD processors The only issue, compared to your list, is that there is no onboard video. There is also an onboard wireless NIC, but no driver for that currently under FreeBSD. -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org