Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-29 Thread Anthony Hennessy
Thanks everyone for the wonderful feedback! I think my idea of Intel motherboards being more solid than other brands spawned from the fact their network cards (em) are more reputable (although I am a bit confused these days with all of the opensource issues with Intel). I am more than convinced n

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-29 Thread Matiss Miglans
I have this Intel S3000AH(LX) motherboard. CPU: Intel DualCore PentiumD 3,4GHz/800/2x2MB Socket LGA775 First ethernet adapter is suported by OpenBSD 4.0 release, but the second ethernet adapter hangs up the instalacion, but with current release both ethernet adapters works well. With OpenBSD ins

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-29 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Thursday 28 December 2006 21:14, J.C. Roberts wrote: > If you're really after "build quality" in a mother board, you'd be > better off with SuperMicro for Intel procs. If you'd consider AMD > Opteron, Sun is well known for their over-engineering, but truth be > told, all of the Sun Opteron stuff

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-29 Thread RedShift
J.C. Roberts wrote: On Thursday 28 December 2006 15:33, Anthony Hennessy wrote: I was thinking of using an Intel S3000AHLX because of their high build quality Either your personal experience with Intel mother boards is a statistical anomaly, or you've mistakenly believed the hype told by Int

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-29 Thread Didier Wiroth
Anthony Hennessy wrote: > I am currently looking for a well supported motherboard for use with a > Core 2 Duo processor. The only requirement is that it must have a > PCI-X 64bit slot for an LSI Megaraid 300-8x card. > > I was thinking of using an Intel S3000AHLX because of their high build > qual

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-28 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Thursday 28 December 2006 15:33, Anthony Hennessy wrote: > I was thinking of using an Intel S3000AHLX because of their high > build quality Either your personal experience with Intel mother boards is a statistical anomaly, or you've mistakenly believed the hype told by Intel sales and marketi

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-28 Thread Edward McCarty
Sorry for the double post - my email client was acting up and didn't think it went through so I sent it through my friend's account. On 12/28/06, Edward McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am currently looking for a well supported motherboard for use with a Core 2 Duo processor. The only requir

Re: OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-28 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/12/28 17:33, Anthony Hennessy wrote: > I am currently looking for a well supported motherboard for use with a > Core 2 Duo processor. The only requirement is that it must have a > PCI-X 64bit slot for an LSI Megaraid 300-8x card. If you don't already have the 300-8x, look at the PCIE cards

OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-28 Thread Edward McCarty
I am currently looking for a well supported motherboard for use with a Core 2 Duo processor. The only requirement is that it must have a PCI-X 64bit slot for an LSI Megaraid 300-8x card. I was thinking of using an Intel S3000AHLX because of their high build quality, but was unsure how well it was

OpenBSD motherboard

2006-12-28 Thread Anthony Hennessy
I am currently looking for a well supported motherboard for use with a Core 2 Duo processor. The only requirement is that it must have a PCI-X 64bit slot for an LSI Megaraid 300-8x card. I was thinking of using an Intel S3000AHLX because of their high build quality, but was unsure how well it was