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From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Subject: Re: Recommended motherboard + cpu combination for AMD Socket AM2+ /
 Phenom?
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:21:22 +0100
Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote:

> A quad core machine would be nice. I'm looking at AMD Socket AM2+ and
> Phenom.

FWIW, an Asus M2A-VM HDMI motherboard and an AMD Phenom 9500 seems to
be a working combination (so far).
root@kg-vm# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-vm.kg4.no 7.0-BETA4 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 #0: Sun Dec  2 16:34:41 UTC 2007     root@myers.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

>From /var/log/messages:
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (2199.93-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x100f22  Stepping = 2
  Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
  Features2=0x802009<SSE3,MON,CX16,<b23>>
  AMD Features=0xee500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,<b26>,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
  AMD Features2=0x7ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,<b5>,<b6>,<b7>,Prefetch,<b9>,<b10>>
  Cores per package: 4
usable memory = 4147097600 (3954 MB)
avail memory  = 3977867264 (3793 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <ATI    ASUSACPI>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  3

SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!

Nice. :)
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen