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Ekner
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More ESX3.5 whiteboxes

2 new whitebox setups working with ESX 3.5:

ABIT AT8 32X (socket 939)

AMD Opteron 180 dualcore

(onboard sata is recognized)

You'll have to install this board with ESX 3.02, switch off IPMI (chkconfig --level 0123456 ipmi off) support and then upgrade,

or it will hang during install.

GiGabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H

AMD Phenom X4 9950

Still working on the SATA ?:|

Both used with an Adaptec 29160 and Intel pro/1000 MT dual network card

Did walk into APIC probs though .. still looking for a solution

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MarioGilera
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How is going things with ESX and Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H?

I would buy a GA-MA790FXT-UD5P for ESXi but i don't know if is a good idea.

TIA

MarioGilera

PS:sorry for ugly english

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Ekner
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Hi, I gave up, needed the setup quickly for study-purposes, couldn't find where it went wrong with APIC and PCI-errors so i changed my config to XEON3210 and Asus P5BV-E.

Ideal, SATA and LAN both work with ESX3.5

Sold the Gigabyte and Phenom with pain in my heart.

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Dave_Mishchenko
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With the model you mention there is no native driver for the realtek NICs. You can get one from www.vm-help.com (see the oem.tgz page) and I'd also take a look at the whitebox list. Personally I'd look at something else.

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