[PlanetCCRMA] looking for a mainboard for dual athlon

Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen k.s.matheussen@notam02.no
Sat Oct 9 08:28:09 2004


On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Patrick - DJUnderground.com wrote:
> 
> > http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/build1.pdf - Always good reads
> > by ComputerMusic
> > 
> > I just did a search on Google, because I remember hearing a while back
> > about staying away from VIA chipsets.  I'm not sure if they still make
> > VIA chipsets, but it is worth a mention.
> > 
> 
> I'd say the exact opposite. Only use VIA chipsets. Or at least, its
> safe to use VIA chipsets on linux, VIA seems to provide spesification,.
> And I have never had any problem with any via-boards on linux. Think I 
> have used about 10 via-based machines with linux.
> (Theres always someone who sometime, for some reason, has had some sort of 
> problem with some sort of chipset.)
> 

Sorry, didn't read the subject-line. I don't have any experience with
VIA and dual athlon.


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