[GRLUG] Choice of MB - Trouble Installing

[rh90p at comcast.net]

Video is an 8X card in an 8X slot.  I'm not a complete idiot.

ASUS says the drivers needed for the VIA and Promise are ONLY available for Windows.  My experience was leading me in that direction.  SuSE 9.3 seems to work except that it can't seem to deal with some state the VIA and Promise controllers seem to be in.  I'm not sure what is causing the kernel panic but its occuring at about the point where it might be attempting to access disks.  

I was getting the impression that VIA might no be well supported lately and someone else just said the same thing.  VIA used to be supported back when my P3V4X was new but I had the trouble with the Tyan Tiger 133 which was VIA and these are VIA.  Maybe its still in the kernel but no longer included by default.  If I could get something to work that I could build a kernel on I could find that out.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net>
> 
> On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 01:43 +0000, rh90p at comcast.net wrote:
> > I broke down and finally called ASUS tech support.  They said that the
> > A8V Deluxe will only run Redhat 7.3 and SuSE 8.1.  Newer linuxes will
> > NOT run.  Also he said that CUV4X-DLS will not run ANY linux.
> > 
> > That brings me back to my original question: what MB is recommended
> > for an up to date Linux?  Preferably one which will take my Socket 939
> > AMD dual core 64 at 3800+ and preferably SATA II support.
> 
> Yeap. Sure thing. They are crazy. The ONLY reason they say that is it is
> the last thing they *PRODUCED* any kind of docs or drivers for.
> 
> Come on. Think a bit.
> 
> I am not saying they *DIDN'T* say that, just that if you think that
> Newer Linux WILL NOT RUN... you are sadly mistaken.
> 
> Given that I have seen some *REALLY* weird things, an A8V not running
> newer Linux is not one.
> 
> Officially supported and tested by ASUS, maybe.
> 
> Oh wait a sec, call ASUS about the AV-133 (supports upto a 1.4GHz
> T-Bird) and ask them what version of Linux ran on that?
> 
> If they answer *ANYTHING* like your answer about the A8V, then they are
> wrong. I have one sitting downstairs running Debian Sid (Lenny+newer
> stuff basically).
> 
> One last hing you might discover, AGP Slots from those Motherboards are
> at MOST AGP4x. If you put an AGP 4/8x card in them more than likely
> you'll get a screen blanking and freezing like you described. 4x/8x
> cards are NOT backwards compatible with 1x/2x/4x slots voltages and
> clocking are different. Though they *MAY* work... highly likely they
> won't.
> 
> And coming back to you question. Unless the hardware is wacky (and by
> wacky I mean broken or damaged) any motherboard you choose, as long as
> its a bit (6 months or older) older should work fine. There are
> exceptions like My All Intel Chipset Laptop from Lenovo which worked
> OOTB, with a few minor issues (sound and suspend not working)
> 
> 
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