Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 01:24:01 -0400 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@speakeasy.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS a7m266-d dual Athlon board? Message-ID: <9C06426C-790D-11D6-B30D-0003931BED80@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <200206060518.g565IKm8003341@asus.tddhome>
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Hi Tom On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 01:18 , Thomas D. Dean wrote: > I had problems with the ASUS A7N266-E w/ AMD XP 1800. > > The on-board vga is not supported in FreeBSD and causes a system > freeze. > > ASUS will NOT provide doc for the chipset, the nVidia nForce 420D. > nVidia will NOT provide doc for ANY chipset. > > AMD provides doc for their 760 series chipset. I do not know if it > supports ECC, but, if it does, I recommend you find a MB that has that > chipset. > Thanks. This board I asked about has the AMD 762MPX chipset I believe, and not the nForce nVidia crap. I am also looking at the Tyan 2466 board with the same chipset. thanks Chad > I would avoid nVidia chipsets and ASUS motherboards because of their > refusal to provide FreeBSD developers with docs for the chipset so > drivers can be developed. > > tomdean > > 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
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