On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 08:08:40PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > >No clue personally, just seems amusing given supermicro I believe is the > >company that doesn't even want to admit to making AMD compatible boards. > >:) > maybe it changed (see below) > > >You can go through their website looking at models and they only > >mention intel cpus. once in a while you can click on something, like > >say the SC812S-420C in the chassis section, clearly labeled as DP Xeon / > >EM64T in the chart, but once you go to the details of it, you discover > >that amazingly it apparently can also be had with opterons installed. > >About the only way to find anything non intel, is by random clicking, > >or doing a site search for opteron. They sure aren't trying to get you > >to buy their opteron offerings. Maybe that would make intel mad at them > >or something. I wonder if they have any experience dealing with opterons > >yet? I wonder what the service would be like if there is a problem in > >the bios. > well i think that there is some information: > http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/ > > the truth is, that tyan is our favorite :) it's classics after all... > and has sata... > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8sdpro.html > however, the question is when it will be available - not possible to get > it in czech republic, nor in germany...
maybe there is a shortage because dell is buying them all up. word on the street is that dell is going to starting selling amd64 systems early next year. i guess customer pressure can affect change. anyway, it sounds like what you need is a good contact in the US. ~:^) Cheers, a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]