From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 1 13:39:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA26330 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:39:52 -0800 Received: from croute.com (ishm2.croute.com [199.97.106.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id NAA26325 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:39:41 -0800 Received: from bldg1.croute.com by croute.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08441; Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:46:23 CST Received: from COMPUROUTE/SpoolDir by bldg1.croute.com (Mercury 1.13); Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:52:56 +600 Received: from SpoolDir by COMPUROUTE (Mercury 1.13); Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:52:36 +600 From: "Larry Dolinar" X-Real-Sender: SUPERVISOR Organization: CompuRoute, Inc. To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 15:52:29 +600 CDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Component check Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-Id: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Thus spake Nik Clayton (Fri, 1 Dec 1995): | 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 | turning green with envy (running 2.1.0 on a Cyrix DX2/80, 8 MB, 486 PCI mbd from Genoa (?), NCR controller Seagate 31200N, Kelvin 64 2MB video -- still a not a bad starter system)... | 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 If you can, get the NCR 8150S (Symbios Logic), it has smart termination, though it runs at irq 9, int A. The SC200 uses jumpers for enable/disable termination and int# (may not a problem provided you don't tear your system apart periodically). | 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. If you have no EIDE, might disable it in BIOS ( P55TP4: Chipset features -> Onboard IDE timing -> Disable ) just to be safe. | | b) Incompatibilities with the Diamond Stealth. | | Anyone got any advice they could pass on? | | N | -- | --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry Design ]=+-- | --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- | --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- |