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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!bofh.dot!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!somsky From: somsky@dirac.phys.washington.edu (William R. Somsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Any Experience w/ Triton II (430HX) MBoards & FreeBSD? Date: 4 Jun 1996 20:15:56 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4p25hs$8ku@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dirac.phys.washington.edu I've been watching comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, but haven't heard much about whether anyone has tried any of the new Triton II (430HX) based motherboards w/ FreeBSD. I'm going to be ordering a new system for running FreeBSD (and DOS/Win games :-) and am wondering whether I should go with a known stable motherboard (such as the ASUS P55TP4N) and give up all memory checking, or try one of the newer 430HX based motherboards (such as the ASUS P55T2P4 or Tyan Tomcat I) and be able to do ECC on my RAM. (No arguments about whether parity/ECC is worth it or not, please. I'd like it to be _my_ choice whether to use parity/ECC or not, rather than Intel's...) So, has anyone had any experience w/ the new 430HX based motherboards? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Should I go for it? Or stay away? ________________________________________________________________________ William R. Somsky somsky@phys.washington.edu Department of Physics, Box 351560 B432 Physics-Astro Bldg Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-1560 206/616-2954