[CentOS] Opteron Mobo Suggestions

Thu Jun 23 15:03:22 UTC 2005
Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com>

Excellent! I will check the MSI board out. Are you by any chance running 
lm_sensors? I was very pleased with Tyan's configuration support for 
lm_sensors.

Kirk Bocek

Peter Farrow wrote:
> I had trouble with Tyan boards and BIOS revisions not getting Processor 
> numbers and speeds correct.
> We also had early life failures with Asus boards, and since switched to 
> MSI, we now use the MSI 9161
> 
> K8D Master 3 
> http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/server/svr/pro_svr_detail.php?UID=560 
> 
> 
> without any problems..
> 
> P.
> 
> 
> Kirk Bocek wrote:
> 
>> I've been planning to build a dual Opteron server for awhile. I'd like 
>> to get people's suggestions on a suitable motherboard.
>>
>> I've looked at the Tyan K8SE (S2892) and K8SRE (S2891) but would like 
>> to find more Linux-specific experiences with these boards.
>>
>> Some features I expect are at least 4 SATA (SATA-300?) ports, serial 
>> console support in the BIOS, USB 2.0 and IEEE-1394 ports, low-end 
>> on-board video.
>>
>> Anyone care to share their experiences?
>>
>> Kirk Bocek
>>
>>
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