[BUGS] motherboard .. freebsd possible

[jonathan michaels]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:16:49PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> I trust you got my mail from last Tuesday.

   about the netra .. sun stuff, yes, i/m still in a flap caused by this gigabyte
   /problem thanks and apologies.
 
> On 2008-Sep-02 14:58:30 +1000, jonathan michaels <jlm at caamora.com.au> wrote:
> >   i'm looking to upgrade (if that teh word) my beastie with a amd athlon, its
> >   a 1010 mhz box with these bits ...
> >   
> >   motherboard Gigabyte GA-71XE4 with chipset AMD-750
> 
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1364

   thats about teh only place i didn't think or go to see .. grr

> That's a Socket-A motherboard and should be able to take most Socket-A
> CPUs - Athlon, Athlon-XP, Duron and Sempron.  Are you trying to replace
> the CPU in this motherboard or install FreeBSD on it?

   it is the motherboard that is replacing what was an intel PIII coppermine 800
   mhz (it got spiked/burned by bad electrical connectors in plugboard)

> >   GeForce 4 MX440SE
> >   Creative PCI 128 CT 4815
> 
> Both these cards should be supported by FreeBSD.

   after i tried to boot in "safe mode" and it worked. looks like it might be an
   acpi 'problem' ?? i havent a clue what acpi is or how it could be a problem or
   why it should lock up lik it was doing so.

   i've sent a bit more detailed post to freebsd-questions and included the most
   recent ..

   /var/log/messages
   /var/run/dmesg.run

   after i added the sound config stuff in teh boot.loader.local (thats how i like
   to do it. now it still cannot 'setup' teh vga0: which i think is teh nvidia
   card .. after i got it to get past teh initial lock up its been up (on freebsd
   v7) all last night and now all day) .. seems to be working well   

   ps thx fro teh v7 heads up peter, ps any more thoughts on teh 1850r and v7 ???
 
   i/m not casting aspersiones here but would liek to find out if this is a
   freebsd or might it be a gigabyte/ or even amd issue ???

   regards thansk and sppreciations


   jonathan

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