where Can i find those flash updates? I could only find WW on the abit 
site, where can i get WZ? (I ended up getting a KT7 (no RAID) because I 
needed a SCSI2UW adapter anyway)

Thanks
Ben



On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Bill Squier wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 05:42:06PM -0500, Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I'm planning a new NetBSD machine and would like any feedback possible. 
> > Here are the components currently on my list:
> 
> Since I just finished building one of these...
> 
> > 
> > Abit Kt7 mainboard
> 
> KT7-RAID.  Worth the $20.
> 
> > AMD Duron 800 CPU
> 
> Thunderbird 1.1GHz here.
> 
> > Antec KS 188+pp303x ATX tower case
> 
> I *HATE* this case.  The motherboard tray took super-human force to slide out,
> the lower 3.5" drive bays are SO close to the ATX motherboard edge that I
> was forced to put my HDD in the upper 3.5" bay (although the upper has
> much better ventilation), the front of the case is rounded at the top so
> placing a floppy flush to the case is an uneccessary challenge...
> 
> > Quantum Fireball plus LM 20GB HDD
> 
> Maxtor 80GB.
> 
> > Adaptec 2930 SCSI-2 Adapter
> 
> No SCSI for now.
> 
> > ATI Xpert 2000 32M Rage 128 Pro*
> > *Apparently this card does have problems under Xfree 3.3.6 anyone tried 
> > it under 4.0? For that matter how difficult is the Xfree86 4.0 build 
> > under netbsd to replace 3.3.6?
> 
> Oxygen VX1-16 (for SGI 1600SW flat-panel).  Currently using 4.0.x driving a
> regular monitor until LCD support for the card is completed.  4.0.x snapshots
> on ftp.xfree86.org work just fine; building from xf-current works fine as
> well.
> 
> > I'd appriciate any pointers suggestions anyone may have. So if have 
> > praise for, or dislike, any of the above products please let me know.
> 
> Extra fans.
> 
> IMPORTANT:  Update your BIOS to at least WZ beta 01 (CAREFUL with revision
> WW!!)  I have a 256MB DIMM which intermittently locked up the system until
> I installed WZ.  (Somewhere previous to WZ they fixed a problem with certain
> 256MB modules).
> 
> -- 
> Bill Squier (groo@old-ones.com)                          http://www.netbsd.org
>   I know I don't deserve a second chance; but as an American,
>   aren't I entitled to one?  --Sideshow Bob.
> 



B. Bogart
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