On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:59:11 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > FYI: If you are trying to avoid VIA, be careful what Tyan you buy. Most of > their chipsets are VIA, and Intel, with a few AMDs mixed in. > > I have always used VIA, and have never had any problems, but I am not a Linux > power user. > > My suggestion is to avoid the Ali chipsets at all costs. As for Tyan, or Asus, > or any other, its really going to come down to the Chipset and support you will > get from the manufacturer. There are only about 4 Motherboard chipset > manufacturers, so even though you are looking at a Tyan Trinity KT-A or the > Asus A7v133, you are really looking at the VIA KT133A. > > Just a few thoughts from a hardware guy! > Paul Moore > > Quoting Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Yes, VIA has a very uneven track record. I've never heard of ECS, so i > > can't comment on them. I know that Intel makes decent boards, although > > nothing stellar. I've always had good results from Tyan. > > > > > > --- Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am going to be building me a new PC here soon and I was wondering if > > > anyone out there has some advice on which motherboards and/or chipsets > > > that should be avoided or cause problems. I am hoping to get a P4 or > > > AMD XP with a low end clock speed so I have the option to plug a > > > higher powered chip in it later. > > > > > > A google search revealed some issues about ECS(?) motherboards and I > > > think I've heard that the VIA chipset can be troublesome. > > > > > > I wanted to hear from some of you all, who's opinions I value, on your > > > own experiences good or bad with motherboards and chipsets. Which > > > ones to look at and which to avoid all together. > > > > ===== > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > > > . > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - > > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above > > URL. > > I prefer Asus only, best luck with them, always work. Most are approved for Linus, Solaris Windows. they are ISO 9000 certified, or they used to be.
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