Harry G wrote: >I would like to know if anyone has any fairly recent experience with >the following motherboards with Linux: > >Biostar M7KQ > >PC Chips 817 LR > >ECS K7SEM > >Amptron SUS735 > >Or any related units? I am about to embark on a new adventure: >Building a box from scratch, and really don't need any additional >"challenges", so to speak. > >Or if there are any other brands you would recommend or warn me about? > >TIA > > >Harry G >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > > > Only from scratch board I've used in Linux I won't recommend, not because it isn't a good board, but because it is one of those outdated SDRAM models. VIA really has come a long way, so if you do want an inexpensive, rock solid, SDRAM board, I could recommend my EPoX 8KTA3Pro (add a plus if you want RAID), but as most people buy DDR now, you may not want one like that. The board only crashes when the CPU overheats, even in Windows (but also with Linux), and the system has only been off for major upgrades since October. I've had to reboot, but that's only because I dual-boot.
Best advantage of the board is that I've not seen one IRQ conflict yet. I've got stuff filling the AGP slot, and then slots 1-4, and still no problems. If you need ISA, it's got that as well. Only complaint is that I didn't wait for the Athlon XP and didn't get a DDR board, and I guess the temperature monitoring could leave a little to be desired. My $0.02 Bob Raymond _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
