On Wednesday 25 April 2001 21:04, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 April 2001 03:28 pm, you wrote:
> > VIA is a death trap. Problem after problem after problem..... I will
> > never again buy VIA chipsets. STAY AWAY.
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, John Turnbull wrote:
> > > I realize that Mandrake 8.0 is very new and as a result, not all the
> > > surprises are known. A quick peruse with various search engines
> > > indicates that there may be some issues between Linux and AMD CPUs or
> > > chip sets.
> > >
> > > None-the-less, if one were considering building an AMD based machine,
> > > specifically for Mandrake, are there any preferred CPU/motherboard
> > > combinations that are known to be stable and good price performance in
> > > the 800 MHz speed?
> > >
> > >
> > > Any that should be avoided?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you all in advance. John T
>
> What other mobo will my 1200mhz tbird fly on?
I would do more research on this I have two soyo motherboards both with VIA
chipsets and both running LM 7.2 with no apparent problems other than my own
ignorance. The Chipsets are the VIA Apollo sets. I did have problems when
trying to use a Western Digital HD in the one computer but swapped it for a
Maxtor 30 gig and everything is hunkydory now. One computer is running K6 II
330 mhz and the other K6 II 400 mhz over clocked a smidge to 450 mhz. So
check around on some of the building your own sites and see what you can find
out about the Athlon boards with via on them. VIA is supposed to be getting
a fix for any problems involving linux ext2 or reiserfs systems. Also there
was some discussion on the list in the past about problems with VIA and I
think that too was in conjunction with WD hard drives. VIA is the largest of
suppliers for other than intel boards or so I read on the net. Search and
you shall find .......
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Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
