Motherboards and chipsets with Linux

[Keith Antoine]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 03:57, Tom Wilson Hear Ye Oh! Hear Ye GANDALF spake thus:
> Hi all,
>
> I am going to be building me a new PC here soon and I was wondering if
> anyone out there has some advice on which motherboards and/or chipsets that
> should be avoided or cause problems.  I am hoping to get a P4 or AMD XP
> with a low end clock speed so I have the option to plug a higher powered
> chip in it later.
>
> A google search revealed some issues about ECS(?) motherboards and I think
> I've heard that the VIA chipset can be troublesome.

Have operated with Athlon/Duron's and Via chipsets, for a few years now and 
nothing has been a problem with the hardware. Personally I would steer clear 
of ECS and MSI boards plus anything with SiS chipsets. I have used Asus, 
Soltek, Epox, Gigabyte and Abit only.




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Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy'
18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage