Depends on how reliable the server should be. I would always prefer an AMD chipset over nVidia when it comes to reliability. Even if you loose a bit of performance. For socket 939 this will be a problem of course (any AMD 8000 boards available?). Tyan usually is a decent choice - we have several dual-S940 AMD8000 based 1U-barebones running under high load without problems. Why don't you just buy another A8V? Ok, once failed, nerver again perheaps ;)
The Tyan NF4 board should work though sometimes there are problems with spanking new ethernet controllers (new revs), so I don't know for sure. You might need a kernel from unstable or backports.org. Make sure there's enough air flowing over the passive heatsink on the chipset. SLI is not needed for a server of course ... helped a bit? Sönke Am Mittwoch, 8. März 2006 21:46 schrieb Luca Rozza: > Hello, > i need to replace a broken motherboard (asus a8v) on a debian server. > Please can anyone help me choose a debian compatible motherboard? > i need socket 940 > is this compatible? i cant find nothing on google. > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tomcatk8esli.html > thanks! > > ~Luca.