On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:31:23AM +0200, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> Did you ever try to proceed like this:
>
> "Would you please give me your name again, I forgot to note it. If
> $STATEMENT is the official position of $COMPANY, i'll cite it on my
> web page."
No, but nobody cares what I might pu
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 01:14 -0600, lee wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:58:28AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Their answer "We don't support Linux", repeatedly, even though, of
> > course, BIOS disk detection has nothing to do with Linux.
>
> I got the same answer from Gigabyte (two
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:58:28AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> Their answer "We don't support Linux", repeatedly, even though, of
> course, BIOS disk detection has nothing to do with Linux.
I got the same answer from Gigabyte (two of my disks are not detected
by the BIOS when AHCI is enabl
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:52:52AM -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:44 AM, lee wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
> >> Asus BIOSes can be upgraded using a usb memory since the release the
> >> first Pentium 4/Athlon XP mainboards.
> >
> >
On 2009-07-21 00:52, Victor Padro wrote:
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:44 AM, lee wrote:
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
Asus BIOSes can be upgraded using a usb memory since the release the
first Pentium 4/Athlon XP mainboards.
Then their support could have told me t
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:44 AM, lee wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
>> Asus BIOSes can be upgraded using a usb memory since the release the
>> first Pentium 4/Athlon XP mainboards.
>
> Then their support could have told me that, I asked them ...
>
>
> --
> T
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
> Asus BIOSes can be upgraded using a usb memory since the release the
> first Pentium 4/Athlon XP mainboards.
Then their support could have told me that, I asked them ...
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On 2009-07-20 13:10, Mark Allums wrote:
[snip]
Sorry I can't be more specific, Ron. I do read some of the tech blogs
and testing sites, but they are not generally specific to Debian or
Linux, usually, so I can't point you to a best choice.
:)
phoronix is Linux-oriented, and gave 5 stars to
Since I had seen a lot of Asus boards for PII-350s working
just fine and Asus had (has?) a good reputation, I thought I'd try
Asus instead of MSI.
I should say that I have not used every consumer/enthusiast mb out
there, I can only report on those I have used. I tend to use ASUS
boards beca
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:13 AM, lee wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 03:12:46AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
>> lee wrote:
>>> At Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:22:08 -0500,
>>> Mark Allums wrote:
>>
>> Not being able to update the BIOS is not an ASUS problem. Actually,
>> ASUS is very good about updating thei
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 03:12:46AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
> lee wrote:
>> At Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:22:08 -0500,
>> Mark Allums wrote:
>
> Not being able to update the BIOS is not an ASUS problem. Actually,
> ASUS is very good about updating their BIOSes. I never heard of a board
> you couldn
lee wrote:
At Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:22:08 -0500,
Mark Allums wrote:
ASUS is not a "no-name" board. Dell, HP, and others use ASUS OEM bords
in their computers.
That doesn't mean that they are still good like they used to be. I've
seen 10--15 out of 25 Asus boards, all the same model, giving Win
At Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:22:08 -0500,
Mark Allums wrote:
> ASUS is not a "no-name" board. Dell, HP, and others use ASUS OEM bords
> in their computers.
That doesn't mean that they are still good like they used to be. I've
seen 10--15 out of 25 Asus boards, all the same model, giving Windoze
XP tr
Ron Johnson wrote:
It's not even the CPU that I'm having trouble with, but the BIOS and
chipset.
My recommendation of Intel Core i7/X58+ICH10 is only if you end up
having to replace the CPU, memory, etc., as well as the motherboard.
Otherwise, stick with AMD.
Mark Allums
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David Christensen wrote:
Mark Allums wrote:
... rethinking the brand loyalty.
The point being that an Intel chip is, in my opinion, the current
overall winner.
I was an Intel guy for many years, after having been burned on no-name
motherboards. Intel's products and technical support were to
On 2009-07-19 16:26, David Christensen wrote:
Mark Allums wrote:
... rethinking the brand loyalty.
The point being that an Intel chip is, in my opinion, the current
overall winner.
[snip]
Companies that get in bed with Microsoft and pay for Windows
> Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) testing en
Mark Allums wrote:
> ... rethinking the brand loyalty.
> The point being that an Intel chip is, in my opinion, the current
> overall winner.
I was an Intel guy for many years, after having been burned on no-name
motherboards. Intel's products and technical support were top-shelf 10+ years
ago.
On 2009-07-18 21:50, Wayne Topa wrote:
lee wrote:
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:41:03AM -0400, ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Wayne Topa wrote:
[snip]
I recently had to replace a MD and ended up with a Gigabyte
GA-MA790X-UD4P. It meets or exceeds your specs and was not as expensive
as I had e
On 2009-07-19 02:51, Mark Allums wrote:
ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Just got an ASRock A780GXE/128M, and it seems to have difficulty
seeing more
than 4 devices. (I've got 4 SATA HDDs, a SATA DVD-RW and a PATA HDD.)
Here are my needs: - AM2 socket - ATX form factor, - 6 (or even 8)
SATA sock
ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Just got an ASRock A780GXE/128M, and it seems to have difficulty seeing more
than 4 devices. (I've got 4 SATA HDDs, a SATA DVD-RW and a PATA HDD.)
Here are my needs:
- AM2 socket
- ATX form factor,
- 6 (or even 8) SATA sockets,
- 4 DIMM slots.
On-board 1394
lee wrote:
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:41:03AM -0400, ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Wayne Topa wrote:
[snip]
I recently had to replace a MD and ended up with a Gigabyte
GA-MA790X-UD4P. It meets or exceeds your specs and was not as expensive
as I had expected (newegg)
[snip]
8 x SATA 3GB
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:41:03AM -0400, ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > I recently had to replace a MD and ended up with a Gigabyte
> > GA-MA790X-UD4P. It meets or exceeds your specs and was not as expensive
> > as I had expected (newegg)
> >
> [snip]
> > 8
Wayne Topa wrote:
[snip]
>
> I recently had to replace a MD and ended up with a Gigabyte
> GA-MA790X-UD4P. It meets or exceeds your specs and was not as expensive
> as I had expected (newegg)
>
[snip]
> 8 x SATA 3GB connectors
[snip]
>
> Working like a champ here.
Thanks. I'll look into it.
ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Just got an ASRock A780GXE/128M, and it seems to have difficulty seeing more
than 4 devices. (I've got 4 SATA HDDs, a SATA DVD-RW and a PATA HDD.)
Here are my needs:
- AM2 socket
- ATX form factor,
- 6 (or even 8) SATA sockets,
- 4 DIMM slots.
On-board 1394
Just got an ASRock A780GXE/128M, and it seems to have difficulty seeing more
than 4 devices. (I've got 4 SATA HDDs, a SATA DVD-RW and a PATA HDD.)
Here are my needs:
- AM2 socket
- ATX form factor,
- 6 (or even 8) SATA sockets,
- 4 DIMM slots.
On-board 1394 would be useful.
The A780GX
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