From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sat Jul 23 12:56:53 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75463BA1A70 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6140B1E73 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 5D012BA1A6E; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA16BA1A6A for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: from aibo.runbox.com (aibo.runbox.com [91.220.196.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1FCBC1E72 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: from [10.9.9.241] (helo=rmm6prod02.runbox.com) by bars.runbox.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQwU0-0007SG-7w for current@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:56:44 +0200 Received: from mail by rmm6prod02.runbox.com with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1bQwU0-0002ky-7D for current@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:56:44 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [Authenticated user (846156)] by runbox.com with http (RMM6); for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:44 GMT From: "Jeffrey Bouquet" Reply-To: jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com To: "current" Subject: Hdwe UEFI upgrade report...some ??? to maybe ignore Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 05:56:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: RMM6 Message-Id: X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:56:53 -0000 I had the main desktop DDR2 mysteriously lose video ( still don't know if i= t is just needing reseating memory or if the onboard video no longer works or if one of the four bad ca= pacitors went too var awry to still work... lack of time to test..) Sorry for the formatting new ddr3 msi board FX-8320E .......... old ddr2 gigabyte ?????= amd new usb mouse, had to use usm0 .............old usb mouse > lega= cy mouse adaptor, used psm0 new vt so can exit X (not tested yet) ............ old sc new vidcontrol to set resolution NOT ............. old vidcontrol MO= DE_276 brown black new onboard EUFI/LEGACY mode disabled sound ........... old game= theatre sound card again working new no parallel port, card on order, ALL SLOTS FULL probably .........= .... old parallel port onboard new two pcie so Areca and Video card work .......... ol= d Areca, OR video, used the former new cost $99 motherboard = ......... old second hand board, probably more than= $99 new nfe0 not working, none is WINDOWS strange "gaming" ... old nfe0 E2205 .... fixed with a axe/ue0 usb to ethernet box which I had sometimes problems with as to the novice one would try axe0 in wp= a_ etc ignoring the instead ue0... new msi nvidia 750ti 2gb no PCIE adaptor necc .... old onboa= rd video new nvidia-driver, had to build from ports ..... = old nvidia-driver-304=20=20=20 new 8g = ..... old 2g ddr2 If one prefers DDR2 for a two-cpu-on-lan setup, anyone knows of a very reli= able source for a pair of mobo/CPU ? Not important that anyone answers Might-be-working-if-reassembled-enough-times-with-legacy-parts pentium 4 a= nd DDR2 ( gigabyte amd) motherboards, ... e-waste or send to a FreeBSD developer for test and reuse somewhere? (= each run but no video though, amd board is disassembled... )=20 The only question here I feel the need to address sooner not later is wheth= er to duplicate the DDR3 amd system for in-case-Xorg-crashes-at-dawn backup, or discard the DDR2 board and build/bu= y two DDR2 systems to recreate what was working about twenty days ago flawlessly... bad capacitors on the mothe= rboard notwithstanding. ( DDR2 amd, main was gigabyte, backup was msi... although each without a full range of= slots vs ATX full size and costlier)=20 At any rate is is cathartic to have a fully working v11 vt desktop with sou= nd that I had no clue if would work without RMA, assistance, ...=20 One or two items may be omitted from the list above... a 3x5 card has gone = missing here since yesterday... too much paperwork in progress.=20=