From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 11 6:30:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A8D537B416 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 06:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jan ([216.63.174.171]) by mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with SMTP id <0GUE00BKNO6PMO@mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:30:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:30:59 -0600 From: Jan Beck Subject: Re: AMD 760MP vs 760MPX To: David Miller , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <000e01c1e15d$1e7ab190$0401a8c0@jan> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well, I am writing this email on the asus based mpx solution. I had quite some trouble with this board. First, there is no usb on board, so you will need ps2 mouse and keyboard. Second, the usb 2.0 controller they send with the board hangs it. I.e. once you put the board in, I won't even see the bios screen - total freeze. Even if the board they send you works, it does not have a bios extension, so you wont be able to install with a usb keyboard - again, you will need ps2 hardware. other than that, my ps2 plugs go off line when the board get placed into a computer case. So while testing the system on an insulated surface, everything works. once the board is placed into a computer case, you wont have access to your ps2 outlets. I eventually traces this to a problem when the mounting holes are grounded. When I insulated the mounts and mounting screws from the computer case, everything works fine. My frient has a tyan with no such problems....your mileage may vary. Hope that helps. JAn ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: AMD 760MP vs 760MPX > Anybody tried one of the new MPX based dual athlon motherboards > yet? At least Asus and Tyan have them. I'm buying several of one or the > other in the near future, and would love to hear some real world input. > > In particular, I'd like to know if anyone has noticed any differences > in speed. Benchmarks for the two are a) windoze based and b) mixed. > > Thanks, > > --- David > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message