Intel Desktop Board DN2800MT Build
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Just a specific set of requirements. Parallel port is becoming a rare find these days, especially if you need it to be an internal header.
Perhaps use a seperate DC-DC power supply instead. You can use the Watchguard PSU initially.
Are you East coast US?Steve
I know about the parallel header, but i would like to use the lcd i got for this other board. and i guess i could use the internal psu from watchguard.
Not US here, I am in London. ;D -
Not US here, I am in London. ;D
Ah you fooled me by having your forum time set to east coast US. ;)
Maybe take a walk down Tottenham Court Road and see what you can find. I haven't done that for a few years though.Steve
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I am building a new pfsense on the Intel DN2800MT, and a dual NIC from Jetway (ADMPEIDLA) Intel Gbit Mini PCI Express cards.
And display (4x20) HD44780 usb.
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For those considering the D2500CC and other new Atom 2x00 series motherboards there are some reports of VGA driver issues here : http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,46489.0.html Annoying - as I've just bought one.
Might go for a console based install instead - it does have two COM ports after all!
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I was aiming to build using the D2500CC, but discovered at Intel's site that 32-bit Windows seems to be the only o/s supported.
So now I'm wondering whether the board perhaps has only a 32-bit bus. The fact that the schedule seems to keep slipping isn't reassuring either.
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Still looking for a UK supplier that have the DN2800MT in stock, so if any knows a supplier with it in stock let me know.. tnx
Where did u get the display "(4x20) HD44780 usb" ?
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Did you manage to get the dual-NIC adapter working? I've got 3 DN2800MTs sitting here, and none of them will boot with an intel i350-t2 plugged in (riser has an open back). Card works on other systems, and I can get a GPU working with the riser. Just… not all on the motherboard.
Also, seems to be quite poor for video playback, even under windows, so it's been quite disappointing all round.
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Further research reveals that the slot on this motherboard is PCIe 1.0a x1 only, and the i350 intel cards require PCIe 2, which I suspect is screwing me. Pro/1000 PT adapters should in theory be fine.
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Thanks for the update yumcimil, will have that in mind when i finally get this card.
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OK, not having any luck with this DN2800MT using USB drives & 2.0.1. 1st, it will not boot the nano images, get to the F1 prompt and will not go any further. Read the threads on F1 problems and Nano booting issues. The MB does think the USB stick is a hard drive in the BIOS. Updated the BIOS to 0612 from 0220, still no luck. However, it will boot the memstick image but, has video problems. The dmesg info overwrites itself on one line and if you get lucky enough to get the I (for install) to work some of the blue and grey screens are readable and others are garbage. WTF? Going to try 2.1 nightly builds and see what happens.
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Same results with 2.1 0629-2127. :(
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CyberTivo, you may be interested that BIOS 0158 is out now and part of the changelog indicates the video BIOS has been updated (from vBios 1053 to vBios 1071) (p.s. just so there's no confusion, the 0158 bios is the actual version. I suspect you were using the bios date codes to refere to the versions, so 0220 (20th feb - actual version 0152) etc.
I'm about to convert from nano to full install in the next few days so i'll see how I go with the video issue. other than that, very happy with the Intel DN2800MT and pfSense 2.0.1. I several have a few in use, in mini-ITX cases and laptop power supplies.
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Just to update, the installer screen is quite garbled here too. Thankfully F10 will refresh the screen 100% so it's not a big issue during installation. The benefit of PCIe, mSATA for SSD, and 12V power input (without a pico psu needed) outweighs this issue for me.
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I am building a new pfsense on the Intel DN2800MT, and a dual NIC from Jetway (ADMPEIDLA) Intel Gbit Mini PCI Express cards.
So how did it go? Is the card (chipset Intel -i350) supported in pfSense?
