Motherboards and chipsets with Linux

[Myles Green]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:57:51 +0800
"Tom Wilson" <t_bonee at linuxmail.org> wrote:

> 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.  
> 
> I wanted to hear from some of you all, who's opinions I value, on your
> own experiences good or bad with motherboards and chipsets.  Which
> ones to look at and which to avoid all together.

I've been very happy with the Shuttle AK31 socket A, DDR motherboard
(266MHz FSB) / Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz combination thus far. It uses the
VIA KT266, VT8366/VT8233 chipset and thus far, in six months of 7x24
operation (seti at home, httpd), I've yet to experience any problems.

HTH,

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