On Wednesday 17 Dec 2003 2:16 pm, Tango Echo wrote: > Well, I think my motherboard decided to just randomly > die the other night. Worked fine the night before, > but in the morning didn't respond to the power switch. > I checked the power cables and swapped the power > supply for a known good one - still nothing. So that > would be mobo then, I guess... > > What do you guys recommend for a motherboards that > would work great with Mandrake? I was running 9.1 but > am considering 9.2 (if you guys can recommend it now). > The ideal mobo would have an 8x AGP slot w/on board > temperature detection. On board video, sound and net > are not neccessary as I have these already. Hopefully > they still work! Cost is an issue too, unfortunately, > as the budge is somewhat limited. Heh, they probably > dont' make mobos w/lifetime warranties do they? Well > any and all advice from you all I greatly anticipate! > > Tango > I would suggest avoiding Nvidia N-Force based mobos because you then become tied to Nvidia continuing to supply their closed source driver, and I would suggest you choose a mobo with a good BIOS that allows flexible configuration of IRQ lines etc. In my limited experience Award seems to be better than Pheonix in this regard.
Apart from that just about anything will work. My Abit KD7 Via KT400 based mobo works great. And 9.2 is just fine. So long as you get all the updates. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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