Intel 82574L GbE LAN & MSI IM-945GSE-A
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Cant' believe I didn't see this sooner, I am also a lover of this board :) It's a great platform for PfSense.
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Would anyone be able to recommend a low-power PSU and/or a 1U/2U mini-ITX case for this MSI board? Would this board work with a standard micro-ATX case? Your help is very appreciated. I was originally planning on using an AMD Lima processor for a new build but quickly realized this approach will conserve a lot of energy and hopefully cost up front.
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I have mine in this case - http://www.itx-warehouse.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=361 it comes with a 60W external silent PSU. This case has space for an extra PCI card so is wider than it needs to be but is very thin so I have mine squeezed in a scanner shelf under a desk.
Casetronic Travla cases aren't cheep but they are VERY good quality, but in truth you could fit this board in any mini-itx case it has no fan and nothing to stick out - hell even the memory fits flat on the board!
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Thanks for the help with the case. The Casetronic you've linked is pretty much the perfect fit for this board in terms of scalability and cost. If only it were rackmount…nothing the mod squad can't fix. ;D
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This hardware looks interesting for my first pfsense box (I've been using m0n0wall so far). I'd like to put a slimline DVD reader in it and run pfsense live with settings on a CF card. The reason for running live is to reduce sound from a hard disk, but I guess I could use an SSD drive for that.
A question regarding that Travla case:
It seems no CF card reader is included with the case, what kind of reader would you recommend together with this motherboard?By the way, running pfsense live - is it a good idea?
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How about one made just for the case;
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=10410 :DOr use a USB pen and run embeded;
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,9845.msg55513.html#msg55513
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,10214.msg57614.html#msg57614Or a micro drive (its a real hard drive just in a compact flash box ;) )
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,11016.msg61193.html#msg61193 -
Just as a heads up Logic Supply FINALLY has these boards back in stock (I just ordered 2 more) for those in the US:
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9830
I snagged a couple of those with 2gb RAM and this case: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/m360 for ~$270 shipped each.
They also have a dual core atom board from MSI that uses the Realtek RTL8111C Gigabit chipsets (Should be supported in 1.2.2 if i read right but don't hold me to it) if you'd rather:
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832I think the dual intel LAN cements this board as a great platform.. will do some power testing soon here and get that up as well..
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Anyone have any kind of CPU Temp monitoring available for this board?? I'm on 1.2.3 and saw this: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee didn't know if waaay down at the bottom the temp utility could work with any ATOM proc or if it was chipset based… It's the only thing I really wish I could get with this..
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hi my board wont work ? i have download the pfSense-1.2.3-20090422-0357.iso.gz extract and burn. but when i comes to sio:2 type 16550A it stop and hangs what can the problem be ?
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try reducing the number serial port in the bios i also selected to only use 4 usb ports
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ok i was trying to do this. but in my hurry i did a mistake and closed all of my usb ports. does any one know how to put them on again ?
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cant see it in the manual try pulling battery and kill the power for awhile
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thank you ;D now its working again. saw wich one should i turn off ? does you now it ? i got it is now working fine besides from one thing it will only resgoncie three of my four intel nic idon,t now why. It finds the last one too but with a mac adress 0
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on install what type of kernel did you use ? the atom only has one prossecor and no extra kernels is it the uniprossecor i should use ?
