Rebuild computer with Intel DG965WH motherboard

[Gordon Charrick]

Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm running on a Dual core Pentium system using the Intel 965 chipset 
> and in a word it works however there are some limitations to be aware of 
> which are being resolved.
> 
> My motherboard is an Intel DG965RYCK motherboard with 2Gb or RAM and a 
> 2.8GHZ dual core processor.
> 
> Big issues I've found:
> 
> 1) PATA (IDE?) interface is not recognized properly (SATA works 
> perfectly however)
>     a) use the kernel parameter "all-generic-ide" however I am not able 
> to burn CD's with the setting
>     b) use a usb cdrom drive
> 2) Video drivers that come in FC6 will not display video with programs 
> such as mplayer - fix is to install the current drivers for the 965 
> video chipset from freedesktop.org - you'll have to compile them yourself
> 3) the 64 bit version of firefox will probably be a headache as plugins 
> are 32 bits - choices are:
>    a) run the 32 bit version of firefox
>    b) use the 64 bit version of firefox and use nspluginwrapper which 
> will work with many of the plugins
> 
> Hope this is of use...
> 
> Jeff
> 

Sounds like it might be best to just return it and pick something else 
unless these problems are expected to be fixed real soon.