Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:08:52 +0000 () From: Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Component check Message-ID: <199512011408.OAA01688@elbereth.blueberry.co.uk>
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Hi,
Has anyone got any horror stories about the following pieces of kit? I'm
planning on putting together my next FreeBSD system, and want it to be
as hassle free as possible. I will be running 2.0.5 initially, with an
upgrade to 2.1 (or any updated versions) around about Christmas time:
Motherboard: ASUS P55TP4XE (I don't anticipate any problems, many of
you on this list have recommended it)
Cache: 256K Pipeline
I've seen some comments about pipeline problems with 2.1 recently. Is this
a generic problem, or just restricted to certain motherboards?
Chipset: Intel Triton
BIOS: Award Flash
IDE: On board 2 port enhanced
SCSI BIOS: NCR
SCSI control: ASUS SC200 Fast SCSI-2
Graphics: Diamond Stealth 64 1 Mbyte PCI
CD-ROM: NEX 5xi 6 speed SCSI 2
Memory: 60ns EDO SIMMs
I might instead opt for:
Graphics: Diamond Stealth 64 2 Mbyte DRAM PCI
or
Graphics: Diamond Stealth 64 2 Mbyte VRAM PCI
The only potential problems I see there are
a) SCSI and EIDE conflicts. But since I don't intend to have any
EIDE disks on the system there should be no problems.
b) Incompatibilities with the Diamond Stealth.
Anyone got any advice they could pass on?
N
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