From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 15 16:35:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24257 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:35:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24139 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:34:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA03858; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:33:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802160033.QAA03858@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: Wilko Bulte , FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: opinions requested on new mainboard purchase In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:37:05 +1030." <19980216083705.18143@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 16:33:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sun, 15 February 1998 at 11:23:58 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > -- Please reply in private email, no need to clutter -hackers > > > > I'm shopping for a new mainboard to replace my old Asus P55TP4XE. It's > > lacking a VRM so I can't really upgrade the CPU with something more current. > > > > Appreciate comments on Asus TXP4 and Asus TX97-E Other suggestions also > > welcome, but no ATX boards please. > > A number of TX based motherboards, including the IWill P55XB2 and an > unnamed Totem board, have problems with the serial ports. I can't get > FreeBSD to recognize them at all. I recall asking you to try overriding the probe failure to see if the ports actually worked OK. Have you had a chance to do this yet? > While people are recommending, what would you recommend for a 128 MB > RAM system? Almost all boards nowadays are TX, but they only cache 64 > MB. 430HX, 440FX, 440LX or VIA VP3. There are some really nice boards based on the latter out now, try www.fic.com.tw - distributed in Australia by Chips'n'Bits. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message