On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 12:09:39PM +0200, Major A wrote: > Since the list of supported mainboards doesn't contain this model, I'd > like to ask you to add it: > > board: ASUS A8V-E Deluxe > ATA: VIA > RAID: ? (not tried) > SATA: ? (not tried)
SATA on the via works perfectly on the A8V, and hence will on the A8V-E as well. The Promise 20378 (ft3xx) is on the other hand likely to take a while before it gets support. The softraid probably doesn't work, but even if it does, who wants it. > network: sk98lin (*) on PCIe > WLAN: Marvell (?, not tried) > sound: via82xx > > For reference: > CPU: Athlon64 3000+ (1.8GHz, 512kB cache) > memory: Kingston HyperX PC3200 CAS3, 2x512MB kit > > (*) The only thing that was problematic was the network. I used > debian-installer over tftp/PXE to install a Debian system (with a > separate PCI network card), then downloaded a new kernel (2.6.11.6) > and the newer sk98lin driver from Syskonnect, called > "install-8_15.tar.bz2". I used the latter to create a patch to the > kernel, applied it, built the kernel and the new sk98lin network works > just fine. All this was done within the sid pure64 distribution, > default gcc is 3.3.5. Strangely the sk98lin driver loaded fine with 2.6.8 on my A8V-Deluxe using the Feb 18 (AFAIR) net install CD. I suspect PXE boot with the onboard would work fine too (if you enable netboot in the BIOS). > The graphics card (ASUS AX600PRO) works OK with the VESA driver, the > ATI 64 bit one doesn't build on this kernel, I hope an update is in > the pipeline. > > Ah, and for those who consider buying this board, it has a 24-pin EATX > power connector, but I'm using it with a 20-pin ATX power supply > (Aerocool 450W) with no problems so far. I've read elsewhere that this > shouldn't be a problem, the 4 pins that are unconnected only carry > voltages that are present among the 20 connected pins anyway. Interesting. I didn't know the A8V-E had a different power connector than the A8V does (which has just 20pin ATX + 4 pin P4 12V connector). Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
