I went to the local Fry's Electronics and the ASUS seems like a good buy. I have not used an AMD before so don't have much experience. Even if I go with a KV7 as you suggested, I still would like to know if Debian would work on it. The hit/miss is tough proposition. By the time I spend on CPU+DDR Mem+MoBo, it is an expensive project.
Well, there you go. Hit and miss. I would like to know too if Debian works on the KV7, probably, if it worked on the KT7A. And you are right, it is expensive: ([OT] I find NewEgg on the net cheaper than local stuff. Depends where local is of course)
AMD xp 2700+ $103 (with fan and heatsink) KV7 mobo $52.90 1 GHz DDR266 $137.50
Total from NewEgg: $293.40
No guarantee it will float. I would use the HDD's I have, CDRW I have and external serial modem I have.
I buy a case locally and use the present mobo in it and one of the HDD's + use a crossover cable to compare it with running Ruby, because I have 2 17" monitors w. kbds, mice and videocards.
I think that wiki would be a good idea. Just experiences.
H.
- Rathon
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 10:34:03 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark Par wrote:
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:03:01AM -0800, Syed Huq wrote:
Can you pls tell me if the ASUS P5P800 Motherboard would work with Debian ?
OR
Can you point me to a Motherboard Hardware listing that shows which Motherboard's would work with Debian.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
I'd like that myself. That HOWTO is not up to date. I have had an Abit KT7A mobo for the last 3 years and I am planning a mobo upgrade and will go with Abit again. Abit is not in that HOWTO.
I stand to be corrected but getting a mobo is a hit and miss proposition: first you google for problems with Linux, if you don't find them, go!
First of all, I would get an Abit KV7 now. For these reasons: - I want to get a faster processor than the 850MHz Athlon I have now. So this supports the XP 2700+ of 2.17 GHz, almost 3x faster. - But I want a minimum of integrated hardware, this only has sound and lan, which the KT7A did not have. - I'll have to buy DDR memory, expensive. - I'll stick with Abit.
Now those are not very exact reasons.
What are your reasons for picking the ASUS P5P800? I note that it is for an Intel CPU and costs almost twice more than the KV7. I guess I go with AMD because of the trackrecord.
HTH
H
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