From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 31 9: 4: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mg128-098.ricochet.net [204.179.128.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 658C737BCD8; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:03:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA02813; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:07:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200003311707.JAA02813@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Essenz Consulting Cc: Mike Smith , Doug Barton , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Motherboards for 2u Rack mounts In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:01:03 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:07:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you've been following the news, you'll know that mixing ECC SDRAM with the i840 chipset is a recipe for disaster. > You dont have to use RDRAM in the PIIIDM3, you can use > unbuffered ecc sdram. Kentron Technologies makes superior > quality 512 Mb and 1 Gb SDRAM modules, which I have used with the PIIIDM3, > And with that setup, the thing flew! > > Yeah, RDRAM is expensive, but it is the new technology, the specs on DDR > and RDRAM are insane... > > On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > As for a good motherboard, as soon as all the bugs are ironed out with the > > > Supermicro PIIIDM3, thats a powerfull board. The 840 chipset blows away > > > 440BX/GX based boards. Not to mention 4 Gb of memory support! > > > > Not so sure about that; RDRAM is too expensive, the Rambus:SDRAM bridge > > is slow and doesn't do ECC - nice workstation board, but a terrible > > choice for a serber. > > > > -- > > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message