In search of an nForce2 board w/FireWire...

[Jarod Wilson]

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:44 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Shawn O'Shea <shawn at eth0.net> wrote:
> > The manual for the DFI  LanParty NFII Ultra says "nVIDIA(R) nForce2TM MCP-T
> > and Agere FW803 Phy chips", so I guess that's what you mean
> > (http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=1524&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US)

Yep, Agere chipsets are boring, they Just Work(tm).

> > Some flavor of the MSI K7N2G  might have it:
> > http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc∏_no=521&maincat_no=1
> > The AOpen AK79G-1394 and AK79D-1394 (search this support page to download
> > manuals http://usa.aopen.com/download.aspx) are prospects as well.
> > I was just busting out some GoogleFu because I was curious :)
> 
>   The problem is, even tho the chip is present, doesn't mean there are
> any actual firewire ports on the board.  :-D  I checked one of my old
> home systems, and it DOES have an old nForce chipset, but no firewire
> ports.

Just for the sake of clarity: lack of ports on the rear panel is just
fine, if there are at least headers on the motherboard. Looks like both
the MSI and AOpen boards would indeed be options for me.



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Jarod Wilson
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