Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:37:28 +1100 From: Support <support@diversified-data.com.au> To: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good server motherboard? Message-ID: <3ABC2488.FEAC12D8@diversified-data.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103232034290.9216-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
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Brian wrote: > Power supplies less than 200 watts? You recycling 386 cases? I don't > believe I've seen less than 250 in awhile. > Rackmount Case's like 1RU's have 150Watt supplies and 2RU's can have 150's or 200's David > > Brian > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Dennis wrote: > > > At 12:02 PM 03/23/2001, Robert Hough wrote: > > >On Fri, Mar 23, 2001, Ed Henderson wrote: > > > > > > > 1. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good MB to use? > > > > > >I like the Tyan boards for reliability. They are strong performers too, > > >but other boards are known to be faster. I've got several Tyan Tomcats > > >that have been running for close 3-4 years non-stop, without any problems. > > > > > > I completely and totally believe the exact opposite. > > > > Several Tyan MBs, for example, spontaneously reboot regularly with power > > supplies of less then 200 watts. They are so poorly engineered that Tyan > > doesn't know why, and they dont have electrical specs on the MBs. Intel's > > comparable all-in-one, for example, is spec'd to require a minimum of > > 146watts and works nicely with a 150watt supply. > > > > My conversations with tyan indicate that they dont engineer their boards > > very well, nor do they test them in a wide range of environments. Luckily, > > they did take back a boatload of MBs even though we had no boxes, so at > > least they recognize their problems. > > > > Dennis > > > > . > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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