I too am having problems with a mercury/kobian mb version bx-99. the udma
doesn't work . if i try to enable udma it trashes the data on my hard disk.
don't want to do any further experimenting after this happened twice.
Cheerio
Robin
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From: Bhyrava Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux India List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:54 AM
Subject: [LIH] Problem with Mercury Via Chipset Motherboard
> Just as a warning to prospective buyers. I had
> a lot of probs with a Mercury Kobian Motherboard
> based on a Via Chipset for Socket 370/Slot 1 CPUs.
>
> The board works beautifully with Linux in text mode
> and sndconfig detects the on-board CMI8738 Sound Chip
> and configures it automatically.
>
> The prob is that as soon as you startx, the system freezes solid.
> Checked with different AGP cards (Trident, SiS etc),
> as well as on different systems with the same make of motherboard.
> The prob goes away if you use a PCI video card.
>
> A search on the net revealed that some early Via chipsets
> had AGP probs, and looks like they dumped those on us
> Bharatvasis.
>
> The other prob is that it has a proprietary connector on the MB
> for the PS/2 and USB ports, which is not available , making
> them unusable.
>
> Finally , had to pay more and exchange for an Intel ZX
> chipset MB.
>
> - Bhyrav Prasad
>
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