Re: Motherboard Recommendation

[MRH <misiek_spam@o2.pl>]

Dnia 03/10/07 14:54,Douglas A. Tutty napisał:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 06:46:47PM -0400, Eric Estes wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a good AMD (socket A2 - Athlon 64 X2) motherboard
> > that has good Linux support? I'm sending back my Shuttle to newegg and
> > need a replacement asap.
>
> I'm running an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe that has an AM2 socket.  I have an
> AMD Athlon64 3800+ in it.  It will take 8 GB ram, 7 on-board SATA ports,
> one eSATA port, 10 USB ports (6 for the front, 4 on the rear), firewire,
> great sound, one IDE controller, one serial port.  It has the board
> connector for a Parallel port but the actual riser to take it to the
> back panel costs more than a USB-LPT converter.
>
> So far, everything works great on standard Debian Etch.
>
> Doug.

I also use Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe; AMD X2 4000 (EE series); 2GB RAM 
installed, 500GB HDD on SATA. Works really nice - had no any problems 
with installing and running the system - Debian Sid AMD64. The sound 
system on the board is sufficient for me and works with ALSA, network 
worked without problems - actually I installed the system over the 
Internet. Passive cooling is a nice feature of the board (chipsets are 
cooled with heatpipes).

HTH,
Michal R. Hoffmann