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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:31:20 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To:        Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
Cc:        "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Re[2]: AMD Duron
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101221426150.330-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
In-Reply-To: <00bf01c08586$400bc940$847e03cb@apana.org.au>

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> Quite apart from all the dual-booting WinWhatever issues, the (FreeBSD 3.2)
> news server episode here is a fair example of why I have no time for AMD ...
> everything but the CPU was replaced several times over (with various breeds
> of component readily available in OZ) without making the slightest
> difference .... it was only when the AMD was replaced by an Intel that the
> machine functioned for more than a day without crashing . Maybe its possible
> to eventually find a combination of bits that do work properly with AMD but
> I've got more than enough things to do than mess around with that nonsense.

	Understandable... though totally 100% contradicts the my
experiences with AMD. BUT... I have heard of people with lots of
problems... the only unifiying factor was the CHIPSETS of the
motherboards. Of course in these cases these were companies building
bargain-basement home-PC boxes. For the record, Asus and Soltek are the
only motherboards I'll buy. Both run AMD chips flawlessly. :) In fact I've
now officially had more bad Intel chips pass through my hands then AMD
chips. :)

			Rick

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