Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 22:57:44 +0800 From: TJ Varghese <tj@tjvarghese.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Erik_N=C3=B8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board Message-ID: <BANLkTi=M4O=g4O1AEg9_kb2vBUFANU9cKg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD37DDA.1090107@locolomo.org> References: <4DD37DDA.1090107@locolomo.org>
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Erik N=C3=B8rgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>= wrote: > Hi: > > I am looking for a new low power mini-itx board for my firewall/home > server. I've had VIA boards but flacky disk controller and other problems > have made me look for something else. > > So, going all Intel, I hope there will be no hardware problems. I'm looki= ng > at The Intel D945GSEJT with an Atom N270 processor and the following spec= s: > > Mobile Intel 945GSE Express Chipset > Intel 82945GSE Express Chipset Graphics/Memory Controller Hub > Intel 82801GBM I/O Controller Hub (ICH7-M) > Intel GMA950 > RealTek 8111DL Gigabit Ethernet Controller > > Does FBSD support this? > > I don't care about graphics basic VGA is enough as this will be a headles= s > server. But I do care that the disk controller is fully supported as well= as > the NIC. > > Any suggestions of alternative boards? AFAIK the N270 is single core 32bi= t, > a dual core and/or 64bit alternative would be interesting. > > Also: The Intel manual mentions: "Support for DDR2 533 MHz SO-DIMMs (DDR2 > 800 MHz and DDR2 667 MHz validated to run at 533 MHz only)" > > Will faster RAM result in a less stable system? > > And what is Serial Presence Detect RAM? I've never seen this advertised. > > Lots of questions, I know... > > Thanks, Erik > _______________________________________________ > > I'd recommend the below instead, DDR2 is deprecated. http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/db-D525MW/D525MW-overvie= w.htm I've had good results with these. These can do 8GB on amd64 (though the aforementioned page only states 4GB) with 2x4GB DDR3 1066 SODIMMs. AHCI & GbE work fine. The D525MW is dualcore+HT, there's also the 425KT single core+HT variant. The latter doesn't have GbE...not worth it IMHO.
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