Motherboards and chipsets with Linux

[Rick Sivernell]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:59:11 -0500
eniac at hunley.homeip.net wrote:

> FYI:  If you are trying to avoid VIA, be careful what Tyan you buy.  Most of 
> their chipsets are VIA, and Intel, with a few AMDs mixed in.
> 
> I have always used VIA, and have never had any problems, but I am not a Linux 
> power user.  
> 
> My suggestion is to avoid the Ali chipsets at all costs. As for Tyan, or Asus, 
> or any other, its really going to come down to the Chipset and support you will 
> get from the manufacturer.  There are only about 4 Motherboard chipset 
> manufacturers, so even though you are looking at a Tyan Trinity KT-A or the 
> Asus A7v133, you are really looking at the VIA KT133A.
> 
> Just a few thoughts from a hardware guy!
> Paul Moore
> 
> Quoting Net Llama <beemer9 at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > Yes, VIA has a very uneven track record.  I've never heard of ECS, so i
> > can't comment on them.  I know that Intel makes decent boards, although
> > nothing stellar.  I've always had good results from Tyan.
> > 
> > 
> > --- 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.
> > 
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I prefer Asus only, best luck with them, always work. Most are approved for 
Linus, Solaris Windows.  they are ISO 9000 certified, or they used to be.

cheers

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Rick Sivernell
Dallas, Texas  75287
972 306-2296
res005ru at gte.net
Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1
Registered Linux User

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