Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:33:25 -0800 | From | Maksim Krasnyanskiy <> | Subject | Re: A7M266-D works? |
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> > I'm considering to buy ASUS A7M266-D mobo and wondering if there is fix for > > the APIC problems or is there workaround to get that mobo work? If it not > > currently, is there some estimate if it will work in near future? > >The current status on the board I'm using > >- The BIOS appears to misconfigure the PCI setup badly, so badly I've > been sticking in PCI quirk fixups to make some drivers work Which board rev are you using ? I have 1.03. No problem with PCI so far. All cards that I tried worked just fine.
>- MP 1.4 locks solid MP 1.1 is ok - that may be a Linux bug. I have a > patch to test there Same for me.
>- The onboard USB was removed and swapped for a plug in card wasting > a slot (but you do get USB2 now). The manual wasn't updated I replaced that ASUS USB 2.0 card with Adaptec Duo Connect (USB 2.0 / 1394). Works just fine.
>- The disk led appears to be marked wrongly. If you wire it the > board won't POST Yeah. You should use another one under JEN jumper.
>- If you put a 33Mhz card in the 64bit slots the board won't POST > unless you configure the board the way the manual suggests you don't True. It should be Jumperless + DIP SW off/off/off/off.
>- Expect to want > 400W PSU if you have lots of disks. I ended up > using a 550W PSU I use EnerMax 430W. IBM 40GB + WD 10GB + HITACHI DVD + IOMEGA CDRW. Works perfectly (with the patch from Linux-IDE folks, otherwise DMA doesn't work).
>- Use a _BIG_ case. With anything but a large tower and actual > case fans you are not going to get enough ventilation or cable > room I have minitower in-win case (with the case fan). And I'm very happy with it. CPU and chipset temperatures are just fine (41C - 51C).
>Having said all that - when you figure through the mess that ASUS calls >QA and documentation (and they should be firing people for shipping it in >its current state quite frankly) it goes like a bat out of hell. I was pretty happy with packaging. And yes it's super fast and reliable.
Max
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