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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



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