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Re: Athlon MB




Ah.  What you heard is close to correct.  The Linux drivers are pretty damned
fast, but the chipset is plagued with DMA issues and crappy code.

I'd be cautious about getting a board with it again.

*looks at his Soyo 6Ba+IV and sighs.*

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:42:45PM -0000, Benjamin Story wrote:
> I'm avoiding it because I remember reading somewhere that it wasn't Linux
> friendly.
> 
> Ben
> Damacus <damacus@bastion.yi.org> said:
> 
> > 
> > Regarding the HighPoint controller, are you avoiding it because of previous
> > experience or just because you've not heard of it?
> > 
> > If you have had experince with it, what issues did you have?
> > 
> > Dam
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:30:09PM -0000, Benjamin Story wrote:
> > > Last night my MB got fried by a power surge so I'm in the market for a new
> > > board.  I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for an Athlon board that
> > > plays well with Linux.  My hardware guru recommends the Abit KT-7, but I'm
> > > leery of the fact that it has a high point UDMA controller on it.  I'm hoping
> > > to simply plug in my current Mandrake 8 installed hard drive.
> > > 
> > > TIA,
> > > 
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> > > Benjamin Story
> > > 
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