Hugh McIntyre <[email protected]> writes: > I'm looking for a new AMD-based motherboard that can take an AM3 CPU > (so an AM3 or AM2+ motherboard is in scope). Obviously I'm checking > the HCL, but the HCL does not necessarily answer the following > questions: > > - What's are the current recommendations if I want to make sure power > management will be well supported, including S3 suspend? Do some > chipsets but not others work for this (or work better)? Are some > chipsets expected to be better/worse when suspend-resume to disk is > done? > > - What about true SATA support rather than "disks in IDE mode"? > Saying something works on the HCL does not necessarily clarify this, > and obviously I'd prefer SATA support if possible. > > - Any other comments on chipsets (or motherboards) that are > recommended or ones to avoid? > > - Base assumptions are 4 memory slots, >=4 SATA ports, Gig Ethernet > with Jumbo frames if possible, and relatively low power consumption if > possible. But most of the motherboards support these. > > - DDR3 is maybe preferred but not required, although it looks like all > of the Gigabyte systems on the HCL as of today are DDR2 instead of > DDR3. > > I'm tempted in general to go with somewthing from Gigabyte, because > the ASUS website is too much of an inpenetrable bunch of Flash and > also starts from the premise that you know what chipset you want, > rather than "show me all of the AM3 motherboards". But ASUS and > others are also options.
In fact there are two ASUS boards, M3N78 and M4A78, with regard to DDR3 read on the AMD limitations. I doubt that the S-ATA chips are supported, as S-ATA support of OpenSolaris is still poor. -Dieter -- Dieter Klünter | Systemberatung http://dkluenter.de GPG Key ID:8EF7B6C6 53°37'09,95"N 10°08'02,42"E _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
