Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-20 Thread TJ Varghese
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Erik Nørgaard wrote: > Hi: > > I am looking for a new low power mini-itx board for my firewall/home > server. I've had VIA boards but flacky disk controller and other problems > have made me look for something else. > > So, going all Intel, I hope there will be no

Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-20 Thread Dave
On 19 May 2011 at 11:59, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On May 19, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote: > >> It indicates that they put faster RAM into the box, but ran it at a > >> speed of 533MHz, which is slower than the memory is capable of > >> running. In some cases, doing this lets you run the

Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-19 Thread Erik Nørgaard
On 19/5/11 7:49 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: FreeBSD ought to support the 945G chipset and the ICH7 hub; also the RealTek NIC, but the latter isn't the highest quality NIC around. yeah, I'd rather have Intels own NIC dunno why they can't put them on their own boards. Realtek seem to be on all the

Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-19 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- [ Perry gave a good answer to the last question; I'll try to hit some of the earlier ones. :-) ] On May 19, 2011, at 12:23 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Erik N?rgaard wrote: >> Mobile Intel 945GSE Express Chipset >> Intel 82945GSE Express Chipset Graphics/Memory Controller Hub >> Int

Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-19 Thread Chuck Swiger
On May 19, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Erik Nørgaard wrote: >> It indicates that they put faster RAM into the box, but ran it at a speed of >> 533MHz, which is slower than the memory is capable of running. In some >> cases, doing this lets you run the RAM at lower voltage or with tighter >> timing setti

Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-19 Thread perryh
Erik N?rgaard wrote: > ... what is Serial Presence Detect RAM? SPD refers to an I2C device mounted on (most) DIMMS, which provides the BIOS with the DIMM's size and speed properties. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.o

FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board

2011-05-18 Thread Erik Nørgaard
Hi: I am looking for a new low power mini-itx board for my firewall/home server. I've had VIA boards but flacky disk controller and other problems have made me look for something else. So, going all Intel, I hope there will be no hardware problems. I'm looking at The Intel D945GSEJT with an