From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 2 10:26:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA09225 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:26:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA09192; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:26:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost.grondar.za [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.8.2/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA08275; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 20:25:44 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199611021825.UAA08275@grumble.grondar.za> To: Steve Passe cc: rgrimes@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for motherboard... Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 20:25:44 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Passe wrote: > >As a happy (?) owner, how would you rate this board? > > So far I am very happy. I have never "benchmarked" it but Tom's hardware > page likes it. From my point of view its an "A" since it seems to > correctly impliment the MP spec. I also like the integrated 2940UW, > saves a PCI slot, plus subtract street price of a 2950UW and the board > costs about $150 (current street price $349). I like the ATX form-factor, > though finding a good case is hard (I haven't yet!). It appears to be > rock-solid, but since I use it exclusively for SMP development it > rairly gets to see uptimes of more than a day (cause I'm always restarting > new kernels). Have you "stressed" the DRAM timing? x-y-y-y and all that. Tom's page talks about trying your luck there. > Things I don't like: > > bios won't let me assign specific INTs to PCI slots. > bios thinks my stealth64 card is occupying a PCI INT. > (can't think of anything else) These don't seem like too much hardship. :-) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key