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On this page we try to collect information about motherboards for the amd64 architecture and their ability to run FreeBSD. If a particular motherboard is not listed here, chances are we do not know about it. Please submit new entries or correction of existing entries using send-pr(1) or web form. Please set category to www.

Abit

Model Northbridge Chipset / Socket Issues Submitter (optional links) Tested FreeBSD version Special notes
AV8 VIA K8T800 / Socket 939 Fully functional Daniel O'Connor 5.3-RELEASE On-board ethernet controller (vge(4)) does not work unless statically compiled into kernel.

Asus

Model Northbridge Chipset / Socket Issues Submitter (optional links) Tested FreeBSD version Special notes
A8N-SLI Deluxe nVidia nForce4 SLI / Socket 939 Fully functional Florent Thoumie (dmesg) 5.4-STABLE On-board nForce ethernet controller will only work with nve(4) which is only in 6-CURRENT (as of Apr 2005). SATA-RAID Controller untested.
K8V SE Deluxe VIA K8T800 / Socket 754 Fully functional Clément Martin (dmesg) 5.4-STABLE Sound untested
K8V-X VIA K8T800 / Socket 754 Fully functional Joseph Koshy 5.4-STABLE Audio is yet to be tested. The on-board sk0 ethernet controller had issues with 5.3-RELEASE.

Iwill

Model Northbridge Chipset / Socket Issues Submitter (optional links) Tested FreeBSD version Special notes
H8501 / QK8S-8P AMD 8111/8131 / Socket 940 - 8x Opteron Functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.3-RELEASE System has only been boot tested remotely without console. All 8 CPUs detected, possible ACPI problems. Intel 82546EB untested. IPMI untested.

MSI

Model Northbridge Chipset / Socket Issues Submitter (optional links) Tested FreeBSD version Special notes
K8N Neo2 Platinum nVidia nForce 3 / Socket 939 Does not boot with ACPI. Roman Divacky 6-CURRENT (April 2005) Broken IRQ tables in BIOS, ACPI does not work, PS/2 keyboard unusable. Boots with ACPI enabled in RELENG_5.
K8T Master2-FAR VIA K8T800 / Socket 940 - 2x Opteron Fully functional Damian Gerow 5.4-STABLE Picky about memory modules. SMbus does not work.
K8T Neo2-FIR VIA K8T800 / Socket 939 Fully functional Pav Lucistnik (dmesg) 5.4-STABLE BIOS update was needed to recognize memory sticks.

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Model Northbridge Chipset / Socket Issues Submitter (optional links) Tested FreeBSD version Special notes
Thunder K8QS Pro (S4882) AMD 8111/8131 / Socket 940 - 4x Opteron Fully functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.2.1-RELEASE, 5.3-RELEASE, 5-STABLE Highly unstable with 5.2.1-R. On-board mpt(4) demonstrated problems. LSI Logic Ultra320-0 ZCR supported by amr(4), stable. Broadcom occasionally glitches during normal operation if PXE is enabled and unused. Tested to 8GB. IPMI unavailable for testing.
Thunder K8S Pro (S2882GNR, S2882UGNR) AMD 8111/8131 / Socket 940 - 2x Opteron Fully functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.2.1-RELEASE, 5.3-RELEASE, 5-STABLE SilIm SATA untested since 5.2.1. Onboard SCSI is aac. Tested extensively with amr(4). No stability problems. Tested to 8GB (8x1GB). IPMI Unavailable for testing.
Thunder K8SR (S2881) AMD 8111/8131 / Socket 940 - 2x Opteron Fully functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.2.1-RELEASE See K8S Pro notes. The K8SR is essentially identical to the K8S Pro. IPMI unavailable for testing.
+ Thunder K8W (S2885)AMD 8111/8131/8151 / Socket 940 - 2x OpteronFully functionalSean6-CURRENTRunning great. Firewire and SATA untested.
Tiger K8W (S2875) AMD 8111/8131/8151 / Socket 940 - 2x Opteron Fully functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.2.1-RELEASE SilIm SATA untested. Early BIOS versions have ACPI problems, and may be incompatible with certain graphics cards.
Tiger K8WS (S2875S) AMD 8111/8131/8151 / Socket 940 - 2x Opteron Fully functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.2.1-RELEASE SilIm SATA untested. Early BIOS versions have ACPI problems, and may be incompatible with certain graphics cards.
Tomcat K8S (S2850G2N, S2850G2NR) AMD 8111/8131 / Socket 940 - 1x Opteron Fully functional Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra 5.2.1-RELEASE SilIm SATA untested. Only tested to 1GB (2x512MB).
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