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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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<chapt><heading>PC Hardware compatibility<label id="hw"></heading>
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<p>Issues of hardware compatibility are among the most
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troublesome in the computer industry today and FreeBSD is by
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no means immune to trouble. In this respect, FreeBSD's
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advantage of being able to run on inexpensive commidity PC
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hardware is also its liability when it comes to support for
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the amazing variety of components on the market. While it
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would be impossible to provide a exhaustive listing of
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hardware that FreeBSD supports, this section serves as a
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catalog of the device drivers included with FreeBSD and the
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hardware each drivers supports. Where possible and
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appropriate, notes about specific products are included.
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As FreeBSD is a volunteer project without a funded testing
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department, we depend on you, the user, for much of the
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information contained in this catalog. If you have direct
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experience of hardware that does or does not work with
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FreeBSD, please let us know by sending email to
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<tt>doc@freebsd.org</tt>. Questions about supported hardware
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should be directed to <tt>questions@freebsd.org</tt> (see
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<ref id="eresources:mail" name="Mailing Lists"> for more
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information). When submitting information or asking a
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question, please remember to specify exactly what version of
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FreeBSD you are using and include as many details of your
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hardware as possible.
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<sect><heading>* Core/Processing<label id="hw:core"></heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Motherboards</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* ISA</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* EISA</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* VLB</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* PCI</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* CPUs/FPUs</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Memory</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* BIOS</heading>
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<sect><heading>* Input/Output Devices<label id="hw:io"></heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Video cards</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Sound cards</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Serial ports (including multiport cards)</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Parallel ports</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Modems</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Network cards</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Keyboards</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Mice</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Other</heading>
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<sect><heading>* Storage Devices<label id="hw:storage"></heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Disk/tape controllers</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* SCSI</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* IDE</heading>
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<sect2><heading>* Floppy</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Hard drives</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Tape drives</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* CD-ROM drives</heading>
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<sect1><heading>* Other</heading>
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<sect><heading>* Other<label id="hw:other"></heading>
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<sect1><heading>* PCMCIA</heading>
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