hi ya > have you been able to start sound and network > I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net > installed > any idea i played w/ and have working a7s-vm a7n266e and a7m266-vm sound, video, nic all seems to work ( sometimes a little hair pulling is needed mb i played with or wanna play with http://www.Linux-1u.net/1U_Features/mb.gwif.html c ya alvin