Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

[Bob Raymond]

On Monday 16 December 2002 04:29 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> On 12/15/02 20:24, Bob Raymond wrote:
> > On Monday 16 December 2002 04:16 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> >> I've had very good experiences with both Tyan & Intel for mobos.
> >
> > Could you name a decent Athlon option from either one that supports stuff
> > like PC3200 DDR, IDE RAID, a good 4 GB of RAM, and 6 USB 2.0 ports?  I
> > actually think it's just EPoX's 8K5A3+ that's a lemon board, though I did
> > have the problem that my reset button didn't work with the 8KTA3Pro once
> > I upgraded from Radeon VE to Radeon 8500
>
> Those are some rather non-traditional requirements you have there.
> Generally speaking anything over 2GB is a server board, not a desktop
> board, and USB ports aren't something you find on server boards, at
> least not in high numbers.  Then again, why do you need 6 onboard USB
> ports?  USB muliplexors are relatively cheap.  At any rate, here are the
> current Tyan offerings for AMD chips:
> http://tyan.com/products/html/athlon.html

I'm giving those features because they are what my current board offers.  I'd 
rather have one that works fully, though.

> Needless to say, Intel doesn't make boards for AMD products.

Yeah, I knew that ;-)


					Bob Raymond