Rob Blomquist wrote:
This is coming to you from an MSI k7N2 Delta-L mobo using MD10.0CE install, and all works well enough, though I still have a few questionmarks on some aspects. I'm not actually employing any Nvidia proprietary software as yet, though I might. Not being a gamer I'm not particularly interested in graphic acceleration, but I do have a TVout I'd like to support, though of course this has nothing to do with the mobo as such.MD10.0CE is the only linux OS I have working so far, and it runs better on the 2.6 kernels than the 2.4. I am not 100% happy with the sound quality, though it has to be said this could be a configuration problem, I'm using the ALSA version 1.0.2c: intel8x0. driver because nothing with Nvidia connotation works.The sound quality is a little bit naff.On Sunday 30 May 2004 10:53 pm, frankieh wrote:
My question is: Will the chipset itself (nforce2) run ok on mandrake
9.2 and 10 ???
Yep. I have been using a NForce2 (Asus A7N8X-Deluxe) mobo since 9.0 and it works great. 9.1 needed to come out to use the onboard LAN, Soundcard, and hardware monitoing had to wait for 9.2 to work properly, but under 9.2 and on, it has worked flawlessly.
Rob
You don't mention whether you are going to install windblows, because there are definately lessons to be learnt about the nature of the install, especially the USB2 setup,which are not well documented, but easy enought to get around once you know how.I have both XP and W2K all on and fully functional in every department.
Hope this helps you decide. Looking back on it,bought this board only recently, I had a choice of another MSI board with Via chips for N/S bridge chips , it might of been easier to install, but on the whole I'm not dissatisfied with the overall result, and so have no regrets. I don't think you will have any regrets about Nvidia N2 'bridge chips so long as you install an uptodate linux OS.
John
Just thougth I'd let you know, I had a MSI KT266 VIA chipset board in the machine before..
I took it down, (its my web server running mdk9.2) and swapped the motherboard as quickly as possible.
I didn't count on the inbuilt ethernet, since I wasn't expecting it to work off the bat, so I put the card off the old MB in.
Set it all back up, and turned it on.. and it all came back up, no problems at all, and it seems faster too, even though it has the same CPU.
(the DDR3200 ram and ATA133 might be the reason for that though.)
After all my worrying, the changeover went fast and flawlessly. Its back up and serving pages as we speak.
-- rgds
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