Asus A8V-E Deluxe discontinued (was Re: Hi)

[Scott Long]

Ken Gunderson wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:01:19 -0600
> Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Frank S. wrote:
>>
>>>Hi 
>>>I want to start using freebsd, and i'm not sure if it will work on my system, I have a asus A8V-E Deluxe motherboard and Ati pci expres video card X700 Pro.
>>>thank you 
>>> 
>>>Frank
>>> 
>>> 
>>
>>I have almost the same system, but with an X600 card.  It works fine
>>with the exception of the on-board network controllers.  As long as
>>you're willing to drop in an alternate network card, it's a very
>>good board.
> 
> 
> I just noticed that Asus is discontinuing this mainboard so if you've
> been wanting one it's a good time to get one while you can.  Might look
> for them to be priced for clearance as well...
> 

I forgot to mention that this board doesn't support dual core chips. 
That's probably why it's being discontinued.

Scott