According to a very friendly gentleman by the name of Matthieu
(OpenBSD-Dev?), we are better off keeping the mobo. Most needed
functionality for a desktop is supported anyhow, I agree with him on
that one. However, the idea of having non-supported USB2, firewire and
the Nvidia ethernet kinda bugs me... guess we should try to find a way
to fix it ourselves instead of whining hehe

"Test" <me@here.com> wrote in message
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> "Kirlian Nexx" <sorry@nogo.com> wrote in message
> news:3bkJb.111305$sx4.5170238@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> > Hi all and a happy new year!
> >
> > Just a quick question: any suggestions for a motherboard that:
> >
> > - has the same or approximative specs of the Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev
1007
> > - is fully supported (i.e. not Nvidia-based) under OpenBSD.
> >
> > Also, if the OpenBSD people would like to have it and have a crack
at
> > the Nvidia chipset, please contact me, I'll gladly send you the
> > motherboard if you can use it. If I recall correctly though, TDR
> > declared some kind of boycot on Nvidia because of this lack of
> > cooperation, so this might not something OpenBSD Dev might be
interested
> > in.
> > Thx for your patience,
> >
> > P.R.
>
> hmmm, I've got the same board too. I'd love to hear more on this.
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