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At 02:38 PM 07/21/2000 -0400, David B wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone is using a motherboard with the Intel 815E 
>chipset.  If so did you get the onboard video and sound to work?(not that is 
>overly important, I would popin an ATI xpert 98 8MB if need be). And if so, 
>which frebsd 3.4S, 5.0C or somewhere in between?
>
>I was thinking of the ABIT SE-6, in particular.
>
>To my knowlegde Intel, Asus and Abit are considered good manufacturers.  
>What are some others? and which are the manufacturers to avoid?  In 
>particular, I was wondering about DFI they cost less but are their products 
>stable or problematic?

The Intel BIOS sucks, and they are very slow booters. Every MB is an
adventure. You cant make generalizations about any manufacturers in particular.


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