new computer - mainboard question

new computer - mainboard question

[McClain]

Hello ppl,

I recently bought a new computer with a Asus A7N8x
mainboard(nForce2 chipset). Everything worked well,
except for one thing: every piece of hardware on the
board, ethernet, ps/2 mouse and keyboard, graphics card etc,
caused a slight noise on the sound channel(onboard as well). 
Now I go and sell the board and want to buy a new one, what
would you consider a good mainboard? ATA133 controller,
usb2, ethernet onboard, if it isn't a realtek but a real
ethernet card, should be supported by a stock kernel.
What do you think of the KT400 chipset?

Thanks in advance....
	...Sebastian
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Re: new computer - mainboard question

[Brian Jackson]

I am having pretty good luck with Gigabyte boards(ga-7vrxp & ga-7vaxp i 
believe). All the onbaord hardware, even the NIC's just work (with 2.4.20 
anyways). AGP 8x support still isnt there, but that is okay since I don't 
have any 8x cards. One thing to watch out for on the kt400 boards is that AGP 
8x slots aren't backward compatible with 1x/2x cards.(At least the 7vrxp 
isn't)

--Brian


On Thursday 06 February 2003 08:38 am, McClain wrote:
> Hello ppl,
>
> I recently bought a new computer with a Asus A7N8x
> mainboard(nForce2 chipset). Everything worked well,
> except for one thing: every piece of hardware on the
> board, ethernet, ps/2 mouse and keyboard, graphics card etc,
> caused a slight noise on the sound channel(onboard as well).
> Now I go and sell the board and want to buy a new one, what
> would you consider a good mainboard? ATA133 controller,
> usb2, ethernet onboard, if it isn't a realtek but a real
> ethernet card, should be supported by a stock kernel.
> What do you think of the KT400 chipset?
>
> Thanks in advance....
> 	...Sebastian
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