H55 chipset: good results on pfsense

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I've installed pfsense 1.2.3 release on a mainboard with H55 (mainboard: asus P7H55M-PRO) chipset and an Intel core i5 750 CPU. Runs perfect; onboard LAN is also recognised. Hope you guys can use this information! My experiences with other chipsets/configurations:

COMMON INSTALLATION PROBLEMENSWhen de CD or DVD drive is bad, you can get strange errors on installation. This is one of the first things to check on errors.

Mainboard Intel DG965RYCK
CPU Intel Core2Duo E6600
(intel LAN cards, PCI)
320 Gb, SATA-300 HDD
SATA DVDRW

An IDE DVD-rom isn't recognised; by trying it, you will get a panic: root mount failed message.
A SATA DVD-rom/DVDRW (Samsung) is recognised without problems.
Onboard LAN is recognised directly
I could only start the system up by setting the modem on DHCP-server. Afterwards I turned this off again. No problems.

Mainboard Intel DG31PR
CPU Intel Core Duo E6750
(intel LAN cards, PCI)
400 Gb, SATA-300 HDD
SATA DVDRW

Onboard LAN is not recognised
I didn't had to put DHCP on the modem on before starting.

Mainboard Intel D945GCPE
CPU Intel Celeron 440
(intel LAN cards, PCI)
80 Gb, SATA-300 HDD
IDE-DVD-ROM

IDE DVD-rom is recognised.
Onboard LAN is recognised.
DHCP-server needed
New BIOS needed due to IRQ conflict and watchdog timeout on bottom PCi port

Mainboard ASUS P7H55-M PROCPU Intel Core i5 750
1 TB WD ‘green’ (SATA)
1 DVD-ROM (SATA)

onboard LAN recognised
no problems!
pfsense 1.2.3 (final)