Mobo Compatability

Craig Carver arawn1 at cogeco.ca
Tue Jan 4 12:24:12 UTC 2005


Felix Miata wrote:

>Ric Tibbetts wrote:
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>>I took a browse through the archives, and couldn't find a clear answer
>>to this, so I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
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>>I'm going to be building a new box soon, based on either an ASUS, or
>>Soyo Athon 64 mobo.
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>I wouldn't be buying either one:
>http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20041115B3062.html
>http://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux04/Asus_Sucks_Story-01.html
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Interesting little story there about the Asus boards.  Interesting how a 
defective board, and I've gotten defectives from several sources...  it 
happens, got turned into a "Boycott Asus".  I've never had an unusual 
problem with an Asus board.  And as far as Asus not supporting Linux, I 
have to call BS on that too.

Sitting in front of me (to my left actually since I eMail on my lappie) 
is a new Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe based system. Pop in the accompanying CD 
and what do I find?  Linux Drivers.  Linux Audio drivers.  Linux chipset 
drivers.  Linux LAN drivers.  Even 64-bit drivers for the secondary SATA 
controller.

No, I'm not an Asus fanboy, my last mobo was a DFI, and the one before 
that was an Abit.  I buy the mobo that best suits my needs at the time 
with both features and accessories.  It just sounds to me like whoever 
wrote that article is trying to get a job in the PR dept at M$.  He's 
definately got the "confuse the issues and induce fear in the consumer" 
part down.  Bill & Steve would be impressed :)
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