Re: [MLUG] Athlon motherboards

[Ian Scott <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

At 09:21 PM 1/13/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a k7s5a motherboard from ECS.  I want to get rid of the fsckin
>thing, it ticks me off immensely.  I was wondering if anyone here has any
>recommendations for athlon motherboards, mainly whether they are fully
>supported under linux and are stable. I'm looking for something fairly
>cheap, and it doesn't have to have raid.
...
>Other than the flash bios deal, the motherboard runs very well.  I've
>gotten everything to work, except for the onboard functions (which are
>shit anyways) in linux.

I've got one of these too.  I haven't had the CMOS clearing problem, 
however.  FYI, the onboard LAN works quite nicely in Linux; just use a 
reasonably new version of the sis900 driver.  It's no Intel, 3com, or Tulip 
NIC, but it gets the job done (but I assume it's better than Realtek -- 
anything's better than those things.)  Sound support is also in ALSA CVS in 
the Intel 8x0 driver.

Anyhoo, ECS is notoriously low-quality and has been for years (same with 
Amptron, PCChips, etc, they're all the same thing.)  I laughed out loud 
when I saw this in a press release for the K7S6A motherboard: "Featuring a 
combination of rock-solid stability (for which ECS motherboards are world 
famous) and the powerful SiS 745 chipset, the K7S6A represents the most 
advanced solution in socket A DDR motherboards."

Ian

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