> Anyway, I returned it to my vendor and I am now looking for another > motherboard. I thought it best to be conservative and go with a > motherboard based on the AMD 761 chipset, like the Abit KG7, since > these generally seem to be most stable and trouble-free under Linux, > even it they are now a little old. Since I have heard generally good > things about Asus, I'm now thinking about the Asus A7M266. Based on > searching with Google, it seems there are a fair number of people out > there using it, and no serious outstanding issues. There do seem to > be video (AAGP?) problems with some video cards, but I'm hoping that > with my Matrox G450 I will be Ok.
I had this very board until recently (G450 as well), running unstable (sid) with the 2.4.x kernel series. I didn't have any problems with this combination... unfortunately the power supply went bad and toasted it. :-( > (On a side note, I am a little confused about this chipset issue. Some > reviews refer to this board having the AMD 760 chipset on the northbridge, > and there are also references to a VIA chipset on the southbridge. I've no > idea what this terminology means.) The AMD chipset handles the memory controller and PCI bus. The VIA chipset handles the IDE and USB controllers, etc. Good luck! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
