[CLUE-Tech] Motherboards (Michael Burton)

[Jed S. Baer]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:16:51 -0600
Lynn Danielson <lynnd at techangle.com> wrote:

> Michael Burton wrote:
> > How necessary is it really to have a "compatible" motherboard?  I am 
> > shopping and it has been exremely hard to find what I want, that is
> > also LINUX compatible.
> 
> Have you looked at the Soyo Dragon Plus boards.  I know a couple people
> who have purchased these boards, used them with Linux and been very
> happy. Although they use the VIA chipset, they don't seem to suffer from
> the Linux problems that have been reported with cheaper "VIA"

FWIW
mobos
 http://lhd.datapower.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?_catid=1
mobos-SMP
 http://lhd.datapower.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?_catid=22

It was a while ago, but I recall the VIA chipset problems reported only
for certain mobos. I've never had any trouble on my ABit KA7.

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