Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-23 Thread Andreas Weber
On 2012-08-22 17:03, Camaleón wrote: Asus used to be in my list but since my good P2B-S and CUV4X (both for Pentium III) I've only read but problems and issues with their new boards and Linux. You know, all that fancy turbo-mega-hyper-silent-green-dual- bios-fast-recovery stuff that can

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-23 Thread Weaver
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Weaver wea...@riseup.net wrote: This last I have been trying to do, but the large manufacturers seem to be somewhat shy about listing what BIOS is available on each board these days. Once I have short listed the boards I am interested in and are available

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-22 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:55:01 -0700, Weaver wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:56:58 -0700, Weaver wrote: (...) I need recommendations on Micro-ATX boards that will work in with that context. (...) I'd look for either MSI or Gigabyte boards as both brands do high quality products. And I would

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-22 Thread Weaver
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:55:01 -0700, Weaver wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:56:58 -0700, Weaver wrote: (...) I need recommendations on Micro-ATX boards that will work in with that context. (...) I'd look for either MSI or Gigabyte boards as both brands do high quality products. And I

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-22 Thread Arun Khan
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Weaver wea...@riseup.net wrote: This last I have been trying to do, but the large manufacturers seem to be somewhat shy about listing what BIOS is available on each board these days. Once I have short listed the boards I am interested in and are available in

[OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:56:58 -0700, Weaver wrote: I have decided on buying one of these: http://shop.amd.com/us/All/Detail/Processor/HDZ555WFGMBOX?SearchFacets=category%3AProcessor and, as I am going to put it into one of these:

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Gaël DONVAL
Le mardi 21 août 2012 à 14:35 +, Camaleón a écrit : I'd look for either MSI or Gigabyte boards as both brands do high quality products. And I would also choose a solution with integrated VGA (ATI) to keep the case as clean and organized as possible with the less cables and cooling fans

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:49:59 +0200, Gaël DONVAL wrote: Le mardi 21 août 2012 à 14:35 +, Camaleón a écrit : I'd look for either MSI or Gigabyte boards as both brands do high quality products. And I would also choose a solution with integrated VGA (ATI) to keep the case as clean and

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Gaël DONVAL
Le mardi 21 août 2012 à 15:10 +, Camaleón a écrit : Simply: because the BIOS provides a core functionality to the system and has to work like a swiss clock and because UEFI is (still) a technology too new to my liking. Right. I am still not of that opinion (EFI was there for years, UEFI

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Doug
On 08/21/2012 10:35 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:56:58 -0700, Weaver wrote: I have decided on buying one of these: http://shop.amd.com/us/All/Detail/Processor/HDZ555WFGMBOX?SearchFacets=category%3AProcessor and, as I am going to put it into one of these:

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Dan
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Gaël DONVAL gael.don...@cnrs-imn.fr wrote: Le mardi 21 août 2012 à 14:35 +, Camaleón a écrit : I'd look for either MSI or Gigabyte boards as both brands do high quality products. And I would also choose a solution with integrated VGA (ATI) to keep the case

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Weaver
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:56:58 -0700, Weaver wrote: I have decided on buying one of these: http://shop.amd.com/us/All/Detail/Processor/HDZ555WFGMBOX?SearchFacets=category%3AProcessor and, as I am going to put it into one of these:

Re: [OT] Re: New Mainboard.

2012-08-21 Thread Weaver
Le mardi 21 août 2012 à 14:35 +, Camaleón a écrit : I'd look for either MSI or Gigabyte boards as both brands do high quality products. And I would also choose a solution with integrated VGA (ATI) to keep the case as clean and organized as possible with the less cables and cooling fans