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#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:09 AM

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.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:09 AM

"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.

#3 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:09 AM

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
news:VGsJb.18467$Vl6.3484455@news20.bellglobal.com ...
>
> "Kirlian Nexx" <sorry@nogo.com> wrote in message
> news:3bkJb.111305$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.
>
>

#4 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:21 AM

As a final note, I just got tired of the A7N8X Deluxe and switched to an
Asus A7V8X-X. It runs like a dream, OpenBSD just works out of the box
and... well it works!

I am kind of sorry that I couldn't solve the issues with the Cardbus
controller and the ICU, but frankly, I don't mind paying 56 euros to
have some peace of mind.
If anybody wants a good mobo which works impeccably on OpenBSD for the
price of a good meal at a restaurant, Asus A7V8X-X!

K

"Kirlian Nexx" <sorry@nogo.com> schreef in bericht
news:JIHJb.113560$Dk5.5328998@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> 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
> news:VGsJb.18467$Vl6.3484455@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> >
> > "Kirlian Nexx" <sorry@nogo.com> wrote in message
> > news:3bkJb.111305$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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