-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/17/07 00:34, Kent West wrote: > My mobo died (running something like an AMD XP1700 - I forget the exact > specs), and I'm looking for a cheap replacement. > > Newegg.com has a: > > Biostar GF61M7-combo 32 AMD Athlon64 3000+ Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce > 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Gnu_Raiz is correct: 754 boards are *trailing* edge tech. That's "ok", and might be all that fits your budget, but try for the fastest CPU possible in that 754 board, or go for an AM2 board. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130050 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127016 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103032 > for $126 that looks promising > (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?Item=N82E16813138042). > > I've spent the past few hours googling, trying to determine the > suitability of the system for my needs running Debian, and seem to be > getting conflicting answers. I'm hoping someone here has this board and > can provide better info. > > I'm not a gamer; I use a TV-tuner card, run a dual-head setup, browse Using on-board VGA? > and email and inkscape and qcad a bit and might play something more > complex than Freecell if I had the game and the horsepower. > > I've got a perfectly usable IDE drive, but I'm unable to determine > absolutely if this mobo has both SATA connections and IDE connections. > (Also, can you plug an IDE drive into a SATA connector? Is IDE the same > as EIDE the same as ATA the same as PATA?) Or will I have to toss my IDE == EIDE == ATA == PATA > current IDE drive and spend more $ on a new SATA drive? And if that's > the case, will I have to replace my power supply to get new connectors > to fit the SATA drives? (I've never used SATA.) Yes, you will. > Can I use my current DDR200 RAM on the board, or will I have to scrap it > in favor of DDR400? > > It appears the audio and LAN chip work with Linux, but I'm getting iffy > results on the GeForce 6100 chipset (yes on Debian, but only with the > vesa driver, etc). Have you tried the nvidia driver? Besides, with dual-head, don't you need a video card with 2 output ports? > I've found a similar Biostar board with a VIA video chipset (and about > $15 cheaper). Would I be better going the VIA route rather than the > GeForce route? > > Do I have to run 64-bit Debian on this processor (which has fewer > working packages than does 32-bit Debian, as I understand it), or can I > continue to run 32-bit Debian on it? > > Any other issues? Thanks for any information anyone can provide! > > > Here's the specs as provided by newegg: > > Brand: BIOSTAR > > Model: GF61M7-combo 32 Bundle > > Bundled CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+ > > Chipsets: > - North Bridge: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 > - South Bridge: NVIDIA nForce 410 > > Number of Memory Slots: 2×184pin > Memory Standard: DDR 400 > Maximum Memory Supported: 2GB > > Expansion Slots: > - AGP Slots: None > - PCI Express x16 1 > - PCI Express x1 1 > - PCI Slots 2 > > Storage Devices: > - PATA 2 x ATA 100 up to 4 Devices > - SATA 2 x SATA II SATA RAID 0/1 > > Onboard Video Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 > > Onboard Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC655 > - Audio Channels 6 Channels > > Onboard LAN Chipset: Realtek 8201BL > - PHY LAN Speed 10/100Mbps Max LAN Speed 10/100Mbps > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF+9a1S9HxQb37XmcRAg3yAKDqhoTAHuJFbKbk/XQ1X+amA8/aSACghKA/ VCQWcFc0GdVgkSXFZp0NiKw= =R7ag -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
