Subject: P6 Natoma chipset
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG, port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/06/1996 09:40:14
I'm going to be buying a 200MHz Pentium Pro and motherboard (probably
a dual-CPU) in the next week or two.  I know the Orion chipset has
some nasty bugs (like the 4MB/s PCI bus speed).

Has anyone discovered any horrible bugs in the Natoma (440FX) chipset,
or is it working well so far?

I also remember reading something about someone having quality
problems with SuperMicro motherboards.  Any opinions on SuperMicro
versus ASUS, WRT build quality, reliability, support, and speed?

Thanks for your feedback.

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