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>=20
> I have a number of servers that are reaching end of life. =20
> They are over 7 years old and I can no longer find IDE drives=20
> that work with the slower controllers they have.  These are=20
> all towers and use ASUS motherboards.  Those were quite cheap=20
> at the time and the boards have worked very well over the=20
> years.  However, I am now hearing rumers that ASUS=20
> motherboards are no longer the best quality and probably=20
> should be avoided.  Don't need much on the machines, but do=20
> have to have 2 NICs and a SCSI controller on each.  What are=20
> good, rock solid, motherboards with FreeBSD 6.0?

I can't speak for FBSD 6 best motherboard, however, regarding ASUS their =
quality is not as good as it used to be. I deal with number of computer =
suppliers and we're beginning to see more common ASUS motherboard =
problems. In the entry level market if you're going to use Intel CPU =
maybe it is best to stick with Intel boards (they are not flexible, but =
quality wise pretty good). If in AMD, I see NForce chipsets most =
popular.

Tamouh