motherboard has died, any recommend? nForce2? or else?

[mezz7 at cox.net]

> From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox at vvelox.net>
> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:54:07 -0400
> <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Current I am stuck in the webmail and family computer for now.
> > Anyway, my motherboard just died last night so it looks like I will
> > have to shopping for some new hardwares. It is a desktop and I
> > reinstall GNOME stuff for test pretty often. I am pretty happy with
> > the AthlonXP 2000 speed, so I don't really need any power or
> > expensive hardwares.
> > 
> > I am wondering if anyone can recommend me what chipest (include
> > motherboard) should I buy? nForce2? VIA? or whatever? I personal
> > like AMD, btw. :-) The nForce2 chipest is one thing that I am not
> > sure how it plays nice with FreeBSD. I think, I might pick AthlonXP
> > Barton 2800 to 3200 as my choice of CPU. No Athlon64 or newest CPU,
> > all I need is stable that will work very well with FreeBSD.
> > 
> > All I need is chipest or motherboard recommend then I will pick CPU,
> > HD, RAM and etc by myself because I know what to get. Thanks!
> 
> I am happy with my Abit NF7-S2. The only real problem is that onboard
> sound does not work with it. The ethernet works well. The ATA device
> is only detected as generic and thus can only do ata33. Not bothered
> to check if the sata works or is even detected yet.
> 
> The chipset is Nforce2 Ultra 400.

Umm, I believe that 5.x support nForce and nForce2 ATA (need to check in the hardware list again). I think, I will get nForce2 motherboard if I don't get any more recommend by tomorrow. Thanks!

Cheers,
Mezz