From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 15:26:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3671F1065678 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:26:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darcsis@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0386A8FC0A for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darcsis@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2774814rvf.43 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:26:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:x-envelope-to:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:user-agent:references:from:organization :mail-followup-to:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=VZF9EjAksH7bH1cmBKqv9WmXokqAV4XUPE8mJszi7HU=; b=VUru+Ter95sCkxG/ZpmB0CTY6+Y+UvFIBbde6Mr5zVlENgOOrfl6z9ZJy/414sHwkZ PjoYWtVqQfFaC87hoC4tWJkxsoKW+0HqGWfG5yy3LrlNvcgdMPNd9TzSmw4pv8n3FkLR SnkWv7mgZvGFE/G/FUkfdKxodKCED0dSUQWq4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-envelope-to:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:user-agent:references:from :organization:mail-followup-to:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; b=ay0ytjXHZJyXznX/yyexhv9Iki/je7/W4yY1p1w3QyhatjJokkKCL6qctUgfcCgl4A XRIs1Y6bn/jkwU5+N6GvthtJmFHC32tGCGPKoLhnnZfLgpeJw+BDUi4Jf1kSznBKjSUA zUM9xwagKTvPXStT+9HKf2UH6RFl0UhJkV0T0= Received: by 10.141.129.14 with SMTP id g14mr1536922rvn.8.1232377044592; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:57:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from pluton.xbsd.name ([123.117.53.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k41sm4501597rvb.3.2009.01.19.06.57.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:57:23 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-To: amdmi3@amdmi3.ru To: Dmitry Marakasov In-Reply-To: <20090119140424.GA56409@hades.panopticon> (Dmitry Marakasov's message of "Mon\, 19 Jan 2009 17\:04\:24 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) References: <20090119140424.GA56409@hades.panopticon> From: darcsis@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) Organization: Terra Firma Mail-Followup-To: Dmitry Marakasov , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:57:39 +0800 Message-ID: <86d4ejcpi4.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS mobo for desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:26:29 -0000 Dmitry Marakasov writes: > Hi! > > I'm planning to upgrade my desktop to C2D and am picking motherboard > for it. I prefer ASUS and I guess P5Q model line is actual now, but > there are quite a bunch of specific models, so it's hard enough to > pick. Are there any positive experience with those mobos (I.e. no > problems with onboard NIC, ATA/SATA controllers and other stuff)? > I'm planning to install 7.1 i386. Also I'm planning to install 4GB > RAM there - I'll just get my 3.25 or 3.5, right (I think I've heard > of some freezes with 4GB)? I'be been running FreeBSD 7.x on Asus M2A VM for some time. Nearly everything is OK after I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version. If you install 4GB memory on this board without latest BIOS, something weird would happen... -- darcsis ZAI gmail DIAN com