(please 'CC' me your replies. Thanks. This is also my first posting to any debian.org lists, so if I'm posting to the wrong group, etc. please let me know. I hope the cross-post is ok, also.) I'm buying a motherboard soon and want to know if this one is compatible with Debian. (Info and specs are at bottom.) Has anyone tried this board yet? I would like to hear some feedback about how this board works in particular and also on whether the chip sets on this board are compatible with debian/Linux. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Going by all the reviews that I've read, this board looks like a real "BAD ASS" so I hope and pray that it will work ok. Could someone recommend a really good CPU and chip set cooler? I would be VERY interested in finding a good, reliable and CHEAP place to purchase this board as well as the parts listed below: AMD ATHLON "C" 1.33G CPU MICRON/CRUCIAL PC2100 DDR-SDRAM I haven't really found a cheap place to buy parts from yet. The cheapest places that I have found so far are on http://www.pricewatch.com ... These prices *seem* reasonable, but I was told on IRC that it was still high. The board retails for around $200 I think. An incredibly over clocked system was made by tomshardware.com using this board with a special liquid cooled CPU cooler. For some background info on the board I have included the following quote from http://www.chip-online.com #### BEGIN QUOTE #### Test winner: MSI K7 Master (for DDR-RAM) The MSI K7 Master with AMD 760 chip set is basically well- enough equipped to use in servers. The test results leave little doubt of this, and in the areas of stability and compatibility, it was the only board which didn't allow itself to make even the slightest slip-up. But, instead of making this board to use in servers, they designed it for use in PCs, so the K7 Master can run through its paces even for us mortals. We feel the board would easily fit into production mastering or also internet/web service, for example. A similar quality is noticed in the board's layout and description. You don't have to spend much time looking for the well-labelled plug-ins or jumpers, for example. Unique so far: the K7 Master is currently the only board that really allows over clocking of both the CPU-multiplier as well as the FSB. MOTHERBOARD SPECS FOR: MSI K7 MASTER MS-6341 MOTHERBOARD AND OPTIONAL ONBOARD UW160-SCSI Chip set: AMD 760 North bridge: AMD 761 South bridge: VIA VT82C686B Memory technology: [PC2100] DDR-SDRAM BIOS-source: Award BIOS-Date: 01.04.01 #### End Quote from http://www.chip-online.com #### Related links: Overclocking the above board http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q4/001030/index.html liquid cooled CPU cooler (vapochill) http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q4/001221/index.html AMD 760 chip set info http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q4/001030/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
