From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 15 14:07:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA29460 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 14:07:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA29447 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 14:07:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA25501; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:37:06 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA06103; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:37:05 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980216083705.18143@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:37:05 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Wilko Bulte , FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: opinions requested on new mainboard purchase References: <199802151023.LAA03145@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802151023.LAA03145@yedi.iaf.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Sun, Feb 15, 1998 at 11:23:58AM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 February 1998 at 11:23:58 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > -- Please reply in private email, no need to clutter -hackers > > I'm shopping for a new mainboard to replace my old Asus P55TP4XE. It's > lacking a VRM so I can't really upgrade the CPU with something more current. > > Appreciate comments on Asus TXP4 and Asus TX97-E Other suggestions also > welcome, but no ATX boards please. A number of TX based motherboards, including the IWill P55XB2 and an unnamed Totem board, have problems with the serial ports. I can't get FreeBSD to recognize them at all. While people are recommending, what would you recommend for a 128 MB RAM system? Almost all boards nowadays are TX, but they only cache 64 MB. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message