Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:49:28 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> To: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabyte Athlon motherboard Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001100747450.18042-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <3879BD8F.3EB381B7@sarenet.es>
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> I'm considering a Gigabyte GA-71X with an AMD Athlon CPU. > It will run *exclusively* FreeBSD, and the dealer has said me that > they have observed stability problems with Windows. > > Does this CPU/motherboard work well with FreeBSD? I would > use a 500 or 700 MHz CPU. I've exerienced about an 8% loss on these motherboards due to minor power surges alone, not to mention a multitude of small problems. I highly suggest you go with Soltek or Asus, both work great under FreeBSD and Windows if now problems. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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