[CLUE-Tech] Motherboard Recommendations

[Dave Hahn]

Normally I like ASUS boards, but have had problems in the past with
their AMD line.  Not to mention, they pulled it for a while when Intel
threatened to 'slow down' their supply of Intel chips unless ASUS did
what they wanted.  (For a while, ASUS was one of the largest
manufacturers of mainboards in the world making their own lines as well
as products for quite a large number of other companies.)

I'm a big MSI fan for AMD products.  Always work well, the D Bracket is
VERY COOL (D-Bracket is a set of Diagnostic LEDs that sit next to the
extra USB connections.  They give you POST code output equivalency based
on the LED pattern.  Very nice for diagnosing boot problems and you
don't have to pay for a POST card.)  I've never had a problem with MSI
boards running well under Linux at all.  We've built quite a few Linux
machines and prefer MSI for the mainboards.

<PLUG>
We sell this stuff. ASUS, MSI, ABIT, and others
</PLUG>

-d

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 18:41, Matt Gushee wrote:
> Hi, Folks--
> 
> Well, I thought I was helping somebody with a fairly routine Linux
> installation, and I've ended up getting roped into helping him find a
> new motherboard ... which is a bit beyond my expertise: I generally
> don't pay a whole lot of attention to hardware, and I've never bought a
> motherboard, period; I guess it's mainly because I have a working
> Internet connection.
> 
> Anyway, the priorities are reliability and support; performance is
> definitely secondary. The gentleman thinks highly of ASUS products,
> though he's not dead set on the brand. One product that I thought looked
> good is the Asus A7V333 ... but I can't find any information on how well
> it works with Linux. In fact, overall I'm finding that there are almost
> no motherboards that 1) are currently available, 2) have been reviewed
> by sources that I believe to be trustworthy, and 3) are reported to work
> well with Linux. So I'm at a loss here.
> 
> Anybody out there have experience with recent motherboards? I'd
> appreciate your recommendations.
> 
> -- 
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