On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 11:29 +1300, Chad wrote: > It should probably work all right. I recent got a ASUS A2500K (Athlon64 > 3200 config) which is a similar system to that, and have managed to > install Mandrake 10, Cooker and Ubuntu (x86 and AMD64 versions) on it > with out any major problems. > > Here are my system specs. Very similar. > http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A2000k%20Series&langs=01 > > In Linux the touchpad works fine, the ASUS ACPI key's work allowing > screen dimming and the rest. Dropping to battery only causes the screen > to dim as it should and so on. > > It reports battery charge correctly. > I managed to get the ATI9700 on mine to work with out any problems. > Gigabit ethernet no problems at all. > The LED's can be set up with out to much difficulty as well. > Sound works perfectly. > I've managed to get CPU throttling working. > And also managed to get wireless to work via the NDIS driver. > The card reader loaded the correct modules but I've not managed to test > that.
what about the 802.11g card? (if yours has one) whats the battery life like? I would have thought an A64, eben a mobile version, might chew through it. what X server are you using? Nice specs on that dse one, 60G hard drive, .5G RAM, 16:10 screen - sweet in a notebook. > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
