From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 1 7:26:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from dragon.realtime.net (dragon.realtime.net [205.238.128.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D835C37B405 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 07:26:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from tigerfish2.my.domain ([66.25.208.136]) by dragon.realtime.net ; Sat, 01 Dec 2001 09:25:45 -0600 Received: (from brucegb@localhost) by tigerfish2.my.domain (8.11.6/8.11.1) id fB1FTde60089; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:29:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brucegb) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:29:39 -0600 From: Bruce Burden To: Nathan Mace Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: motherboard recommendations?? Message-ID: <20011201092938.I28452@tigerfish2.my.domain> References: <20011130220707.749faa58.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011130220707.749faa58.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>; from mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:07:07PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You should look for one that has the new thermal protection mode on the board, and I am not sure how many are available righ now. I suspect the number is "0". This protection simply kills power to the cpu if it detects a temperature spike. Still, it is bette than losing the cpu if the fan comes off or goes bad. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message