Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:29:45 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: wc.bulte@chello.nl, FreeBSD hackers list <FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Comments on Athlon [motherboards] sought.. Message-ID: <20000609102944.C86855@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <39402D39.40113EBC@softweyr.com> References: <20000608205428.F10443@freebie.wbnet> <39402D39.40113EBC@softweyr.com>
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On Thursday, 8 June 2000 at 17:33:13 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: >> >> I'm considering buying an Athlon based machine. Before shelling out the >> $ (well, fl ) I'd like to know what experiences have with Athlon and >> FreeBSD. And obviously which mom boards to prefer or keep away from. > > EPoX == trash. Avoid like the plague. Buy EPoX. They're good. > ASUS K7v == good. ASUS K7v == slow. I don't think that categorical statements like these help very much. I know you've had trouble with your EPoX boards, but you didn't ever find out whether this was a setup problem or a problem with the board. I had some setup problems with my EPoX board when I bought it, the dreaded: May 3 08:00:02 wantadilla /kernel: microuptime() went backwards (65202.831743 -> 65202,804412) I removed (not just disabled) apm from the kernel, and I haven't seen the problem since. In fact, I have had absolutely no problems. The fact that a disabled apm system can make a difference suggests that this isn't just a problem with the motherboard. A number of others have reported the same thing on this motherboard. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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