Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 05 Jul 2001 12:02:18 +0100 | From | Scott Nursten <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Suitable Athlon Motherboard for Linux |
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I'll second this. Running a
GA-7DX with Athlon 1.2Ghz 512MB DDR SDRAM GeForce 2 MX Intel Dual EEPro Server Adapter Adaptec 2940UW (w/ IBM SCSI's, HP CDRW, Plextor SCSI CDROM) Soundblaster Live!.
No problems at all. Lovely smooth running all day, every day. As below, YMMV,
Rgds,
Scott Nursten
Kain wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 07:49:50PM +0100, Joseph Mathewson wrote: > > Having heard the various horror stories about the VIA PCI data corruption > > bugs, and watching one Via based machine destroy itself with a Mandrake 8.0 > > 2.4.3, I was just wondering if anyone had a suggestion for an Athlon > > motherboard that works reliably under Linux (I don't think all the issues > > have been cleared up in the kernel yet?). There must be quite a few Linux > > Athlon users out there - what boards are you using and with what success? > > I have had absolutely WONDERFUL luck with the Gigabyte GA-7DX and GA-7DXR boards. My setup is slightly high-end, but here's what I have: > (GA-7DX): > AMD Athlon TBird 1.33Ghz > 256MB DDR SDRAM > Yamaha YMF744 Soundcard > CardXpert NVidia Geforce 2 MX (32MB) > some random bt848 videocapture card from Intel > Tekram DC390U3D Ultra3 SCSI > Matrox Networks Tulip (PNIC II Actually) NIC. > > Works like a charm. Here's the other machine: > (GA-7DXR): > TBird 1.33Ghz > No sound > Maxtrox Millenium G200 (I think... only used it in text mode) > 1.25GB ECC DDR SDRAM > AMI Megaraid Elite 1600 Dual Ultra3 SCSI Raid. > > The first machine is using a SuperMicro power supply (350 watts *sustained* 370 peak I think) > The second is using a random company dual 400W hotswap redundant PS. > > All an all, I've had amazing luck with this hardware. If you're looking at it, give these a try. YMMV. > -- > I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman > Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, > nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my own Church. > -- Thomas Paine > ** > Sadist > Bryon Roche, Kain <kain@kain.org> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
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