ASUS Service No=276140
Colin McGregor
colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Nov 6 23:39:38 UTC 2008
On 11/5/08, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 08:46:56PM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
>> I am very annoyed at the thought of buying another motherboard. I am
>> not going to buy another CPU, case, etc.. So, I am now in the market
>> for a replacement motherboard. I have called ASUS and they suggested
>> the M3N78 EMH HDMI motherboard which I gather from a tour of the
>> College & Spadina area clone dealers is no longer available.
>
> Canada Computers claims to have 5 M3N78-VM boards at their downtown
> store. Seems to be quite available in fact. Will it netboot? Who
> knows. Will it work with the 2.6.18 kernel that knoppmyth appears to be
> using? Probably not. A kernel that isn't 3 years old would be much
> more likely to work. In fact a quick check says it requires 2.6.26 or
> higher to work with that chipset.
Ran across the following:
wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/The_Saga_of_Network_Issues_and_Fixes
Seems there are netboot issues with the M3N78-VM. Sigh...
What ought to be a 30 minute job, (or an afternoon's job if you
include running to the shops to buy hardware) is turning into a
multi-month pain in the @#$%
>> So, here is what I need:
>>
>> - Support for Linux network booting.
>
> Could be hard to ensure, given how few people netboot, it may be rarely
> tested.
You would think that enough firms are doing POS (point-of-sale)
systems and the like that this sort of stuff would get tested.
>> - No Linux hostile BIOS bugs
>
> Not sure there exists a bug free bios. :)
Maybe not, but the bugs should not be killer ones...
>> - MicroATX form factor
>> - Support for an AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 3200+ CPU
>> - Support for DDR2 PC2 - 5300 memory
>
> Those seem reasonable.
>
>> - Onboard nVidia graphics, GeForce 5200 or better
>
> That requires the nvidia chipset, which brings back the reverse mac
> address stupidity issue in most cases (at least I suspect so).
Sigh... I have been looking at some of ATI based motherboards, there
the issue is the poor quality of the ATI Linux graphics drivers.
>> - 1 (or more) PCIExpress x16 expansion slot.
>> - Something available locally, shipping charges would at this point be
>> an insult on top on an injury...
>>
>> Suggestions? Normally I would be just looking at ASUS board, but after
>> this experience I think that is a brand I would like to avoid...
>
> No idea. Asus is the only brand I will buy.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
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