Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-28 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wednesday 27 June 2007 1:09 pm, Andrew Packer wrote: On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 20:08 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. Thanks for the suggestions (those who replied) In the end Dragon PC allowed me to start one

Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-28 Thread Ross Drummond
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:53, Robert Fisher wrote: lspci. :00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a2) :00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a2) :00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2) :00:0b.0 USB

Motherboard advice

2007-06-26 Thread Robert Fisher
I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. One of my suppliers' web sites suggest that the Asus P5N-E SLI is a popular purchase. Any list members used it? Any other recommendations? Robert

Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-26 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 6/26/07, Robert Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. One of my suppliers' web sites suggest that the Asus P5N-E SLI is a popular purchase. According to:-

Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-26 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. One of my suppliers' web sites suggest that the Asus P5N-E SLI is a popular purchase. Mobo models are 95% irrelevant for whether it works well with Linux. Chipsets are critical. If you want to work it

Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-26 Thread Jonathan Bell
Robert Fisher wrote: I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. Any other recommendations? I have had no problems with the Albatron PX865PE Pro. Very little network usage though. Just a bit of leeching of uni work. Sound, serial, usb work well.

Re: Motherboard advice

2007-06-26 Thread Roger Searle
Robert Fisher wrote: I am about to upgrade my home PC and trying to make sure I get a Linux compatable mobo. One of my suppliers' web sites suggest that the Asus P5N-E SLI is a popular purchase. Any list members used it? Any other recommendations? Robert I recently put an Asus