Re: Motherboard Madness
Bill,
I've just installed debian woody on an ASUS P4PE mobo with a 2.8Ghz cpu, this
is the 845PE intel chipset, used the 2.4.18 boot option on install and the
install went like a dream. Installed the 2.4,20 kernel with woody and got
great speeds with hdd performance through the motherboard and my promise ide
controller.
I've got 1024mb of PC2700 ram with that board.
The only problem I've had was the kernel not recognising the on-board Broadcom
ethernet which is the BCM5702.
Oh and this mobo will take 3+Ghz hyperthreaded cpu's as well, which was an
upgrade concern for me.
cheers Peter van der Male
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:22, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Proably the wrong forum, but trying to build a new Debian imap server.
>
> After spending a few hours the last few days researching motherboards I
> went to the local stop to pick up an Asus P4B-533-E (which they said they
> had on the phone). Of course, they were out and said it was no longer
> available. The ASUS site doesn't show that.
>
> Not being a hardware buff, can any one help with what boards or chipsets?
> It's easy to eat hours reading about boards and chipsets only to find out
> the info is outdated, or problems reported no longer apply. So perhaps
> someone more familiar with hardware can help direct me.
>
> I'll be installing with a 2.4.18 or 2.4.20 kernel. I'll be using a P4 2.4
> 533 FSB CPU.
>
> Not too long ago I saw reports of problems with the Intel 850 chipsets.
> Still an issue, (if it ever was)?
>
> There there seems to be a number of 845 chip sets, but I see a number of
> different ones:
>
> 845E
> 845G
> 845GE
> 845GL
> 845GV
> 845PE
>
> Seems to effect what memory to use (pc2100 or pc2700) but I'm not sure how
> it might effect a Debian install.
>
> I'm looking for a basic board with NIC/video/LAN onboard.
>
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> --
> Bill Moseley moseley@hank.org
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