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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:49:04 -0800
From: Shawn Ramsey <megadeth@luke.cpl.net>
To: Aaron Hill <hillaa@hotmail.com>
Cc: Lawrence.Kreitzer@aa.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Athlon Processors?
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:14:03PM +0000, Aaron Hill wrote:
> >Hello People
> >
> >Is anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a system that is Athlon processor 
> >based ?
> 
> Yes many people do. I run FreeBSD 4.2 on my workstation with this config...
> 
> Athlon Classic 700Mhz
> Epox 7KXA (first with the VIA 133 chipset)
> 128MB 133Mhz RAM
> 32MB Matrox G400 MAX
> 20GB IBM IDE ATA66
> 
> ... and the system runs like a dream. No instabilities. CPU is recognised 
> properly as is the VIA chipset. I'm even using the PC 97 Audio feature of 
> the VIA chipset.

We run Athlons. One of our big servers runs a Athlon 900 on a Tyan Trinity KT. It hasn't crashed since it was brought up... (90+ days)


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