Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:15:18 +1100 (edt) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Abit SMP boards under FreeBSD (was Re: dnetc on xeon) Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.4.32.0210112110160.93-100000@tenring.andymac.org> In-Reply-To: <20021010100823.0a1e00ad.michaelossareh@onetel.net.uk>
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Michael Ossareh wrote:
> I believe the Abit VP6 and BP6 are quite similar and the chipset runs
> very hot when in SMP mode, so since its not a proper server board you
> might want to invest in some active cooling for your chipset (usually
> just has a green heat sink on it).
I think the VP6 uses the VIA [56]94 chipset, whereas the BP6 uses the
Intel 440BX chipset - 2 very different animals.
I remember some mail about problems with SMP with that VIA chipset, which
I kept for a while but deleted only recently.
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