From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 5 17: 3: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDBF37B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:03:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from fire.org.nz (firewall.fire.org.nz [203.97.144.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A4443E4A for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:03:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andy@fud.org.nz) Received: by homer.fire.org.nz id <119052>; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:02:48 +1300 Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard From: Andrew Thompson To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021205234945.GA70487@tassie.net.au> References: <006601c29cab$ec3a9c80$0100000a@D9NLZD0J> <20021205234945.GA70487@tassie.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <02Dec6.140248nzdt.119052@homer.fire.org.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 06 Dec 2002 14:02:28 +1300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 12:49, Andrew C Bergman wrote: > I have a C3 800 running at home, it works like a charm. > > I'm running 5.0-DP2 on it, simply so the PCI pcmcia cradle + wireless card I have > would be detected and work. > > 4.6-R, 4.7 release and stable, and 5.0-dp2 all work a charm on it. > > Very very very nice machines - if you want to reduce noise with them (my cpu fan > made a bit of noise), try replacing the 6000rpm fan that comes on the board with > something a little slower. > Or you could buy the 533MHz model that is fanless. That and a flash disk and not more moving parts. > CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (800.03-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x678 Stepping = 8 > Features=0x803035 > > The machine feels very very fast, I was quite amazed by it. Worthwhile $260AU investment :-) > > Enjoy, To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message