Re: [OT] Asus A7M266 motherboard and Debian
> Anyway, I returned it to my vendor and I am now looking for another
> motherboard. I thought it best to be conservative and go with a
> motherboard based on the AMD 761 chipset, like the Abit KG7, since
> these generally seem to be most stable and trouble-free under Linux,
> even it they are now a little old. Since I have heard generally good
> things about Asus, I'm now thinking about the Asus A7M266. Based on
> searching with Google, it seems there are a fair number of people out
> there using it, and no serious outstanding issues. There do seem to
> be video (AAGP?) problems with some video cards, but I'm hoping that
> with my Matrox G450 I will be Ok.
I had this very board until recently (G450 as well), running unstable
(sid) with the 2.4.x kernel series. I didn't have any problems with
this combination... unfortunately the power supply went bad and toasted
it. :-(
> (On a side note, I am a little confused about this chipset issue. Some
> reviews refer to this board having the AMD 760 chipset on the northbridge,
> and there are also references to a VIA chipset on the southbridge. I've no
> idea what this terminology means.)
The AMD chipset handles the memory controller and PCI bus. The VIA
chipset handles the IDE and USB controllers, etc.
Good luck!
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