[CentOS] Re: Opteron Mobo Suggestions

Thu Jun 23 13:05:49 UTC 2005
Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> <thebs413 at earthlink.net>

From: Peter Farrow <peter at farrows.org>
> 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..

Ack, no block diagram in MSI's manual.

It's an AMD8131+AMD8111, no HyperTransport tunnel for any video channels.
So you can probably assume AMD8111 bridge attached to AMD8131 tunnel to
CPU #0.  Since there is only one high-speed tunnel, you really can't get more
optimal than adding another HT tunnel chip.

I guess I'm just looking for the "holy grail" in (2) AMD813x's on a 2-way board.


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