Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 11:24:35AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. Minor point, but you are correct. -- Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 05:51:28PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Or... you begin to eat it, see toenail clippings and proclaim, The proof is *in* the pudding: it's inedible!! LOL; close but no cigar. ;) -- Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. -- Napoleon Bonaparte --

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 23:01:24 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): Video and the NIC worked with Sid 18 months ago on my 780G mobo. That gives me hope. I guess the final proof will be in the pudding ... ;) -- Cheerio, Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/01/2011 01:31 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 31. 03. 2011 23:01:24 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): Video and the NIC worked with Sid 18 months ago on my 780G mobo. That gives me hope. I guess the final proof will be in the pudding ... ;) Yup. Note also that when installing the mobo, I

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Frank Church
On 31 March 2011 13:35, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M (AM3/PCIE/S/R/V1G/H5200, with an AMD Phenom II X4 840, 3,20GHz) and was wondering whether any list member has any experience with this mobo in Debian

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 04. 2011 10:26:07 je Frank Church napisal(a): As an aside I am leary of motherboards with 2 DIMM slots. If you want to go beyond 4Gb to 8Gb (2 x 4Gb DIMMS) (for virtualization and all that) the RAM is very pricey. I suppose 4Gb DIMMs are not very popular. I would say bite the

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:17:05 -0500 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: Hello Ron, Over the years, I've gotten the sense that there are many more compatibility and stability issues with the (free and proprietary) ATI drivers than compared to nv and nvidia. Which would bear out that my

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:57:00 -0500 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: Hello Ron, replaced it with a discrete Nvidia card running (call me heretic) the Okay; You're a heretic. :-) -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Frank Church
On 1 April 2011 09:40, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Dne, 01. 04. 2011 10:26:07 je Frank Church napisal(a): As an aside I am leary of motherboards with 2 DIMM slots. If you want to go beyond 4Gb to 8Gb (2 x 4Gb DIMMS) (for virtualization and all that) the RAM is very pricey. I

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Frank Church
On 1 April 2011 11:40, Frank Church vfcli...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 April 2011 09:40, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Dne, 01. 04. 2011 10:26:07 je Frank Church napisal(a): As an aside I am leary of motherboards with 2 DIMM slots. If you want to go beyond 4Gb to 8Gb (2 x 4Gb

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/04/11 21:40, Frank Church wrote: On 1 April 2011 09:40, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr mailto:quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Dne, 01. 04. 2011 10:26:07 je Frank Church napisal(a): As an aside I am leary of motherboards with 2 DIMM slots. If you want to

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 04. 2011 12:40:19 je Frank Church napisal(a): Are you sure? Because the crucial.com memory check indicates 4Gb max as it has 2 DIMM slots, as they don't seem to do 4Gb non ECC DIMMS, unless it is a new revision. Check again

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/01/2011 03:57 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:17:05 -0500 Ron Johnsonron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: Hello Ron, Over the years, I've gotten the sense that there are many more compatibility and stability issues with the (free and proprietary) ATI drivers than compared to nv

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-'

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:31:03 -0500 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: Hello Ron, Probably because I'm too old to need the bleeding edge, but the nvidia I'm usually in that camp myself. However last hardware upgrade, I decided to go from 32 to 64 bit, which meant changing (almost)

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/01/2011 11:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. Except when the proof is actually *in* the pudding... :) Anyway, since American pudding is nothing like

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-01 13:48:06 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/01/2011 11:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. Except when the proof is actually *in* the pudding... :) Anyway,

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/01/2011 05:11 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-01 13:48:06 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/01/2011 11:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. Except when

About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Klistvud
Howdie, fellow Debianites! I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M (AM3/PCIE/S/R/V1G/H5200, with an AMD Phenom II X4 840, 3,20GHz) and was wondering whether any list member has any experience with this mobo in Debian Squeeze. In particular: 1. I'm planning to run virtualized

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread shawn wilson
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M (AM3/PCIE/S/R/V1G/H5200, with an AMD Phenom II X4 840, 3,20GHz) and was wondering whether any list member has any experience with this mobo in

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 18:08:27 je shawn wilson napisal(a): On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M (AM3/PCIE/S/R/V1G/H5200, with an AMD Phenom II X4 840, 3,20GHz) and was wondering

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:32 +0200 Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M I don't know how long that mobo has been around but if it's a new model there /might/ be issues with some of the hardware not being recognised. For

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread shawn wilson
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:32 +0200 Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M I don't know how long that mobo has been around but if it's a new model there

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/31/2011 12:46 PM, shawn wilson wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Brad Rogersb...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:32 +0200 Klistvudquotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M I don't know how long that mobo has

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:46:10 -0400 shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote: Hello shawn, heh, yeah, a quick google for ya: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ASUS/M4A78LT-M/ you might want to rethink that board :) I didn't know about that site. Looks useful. OTOH, it lists my board like this;

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 19:26:43 je Brad Rogers napisal(a): On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:32 +0200 Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M I don't know how long that mobo has been around but if it's a new model there /might/ be issues

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 19:46:10 je shawn wilson napisal(a): On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:32 +0200 Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M I don't know how long

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 19:55:09 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): On 03/31/2011 12:46 PM, shawn wilson wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Brad Rogersb...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:32 +0200 Klistvudquotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, I'm about to order a system

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:50:23 +0200 Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: Hello Klistvud, Thanx for your input. It's not *that* new, but then again, neither is YW. the Squeeze kernel ... ;P :-) Yep, the network card(s) issue does seem to pop up from time to time, even on this very

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:16:17 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:46:10 -0400 shawn wilson wrote: heh, yeah, a quick google for ya: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ASUS/M4A78LT-M/ you might want to rethink that board :) I didn't know about that site. Looks useful. OTOH,

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/31/2011 01:50 PM, Klistvud wrote: [snip] Yep, the network card(s) issue does seem to pop up from time to time, even on this very list. Oh well, I'll do without the integrated network card for a while if that should be the case. It's the video subsystem and the proprietary drivers that

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/31/2011 02:04 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: [snip] IDK much about the ATI drivers, other than they're closed source. I think that they cause fewer problems than the nVidia ones, though. At least, I don't recall seeing as many people asking for help installing them and getting them working as

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 21:13:32 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131672 If this is actually the board you are referring to, then since it is *really* old (the AMD 760G Northbridge is older than the 780G in my 18 month old box), you should have

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-03-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/31/2011 02:52 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 31. 03. 2011 21:13:32 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131672 If this is actually the board you are referring to, then since it is *really* old (the AMD 760G Northbridge is older than the 780G in