[Cialug] was: Where to find older parts? now: I broke the wiki & nforce

[Josh More]

Fixed.

Do we need to plan on a quick wiki HOWTO at the meeting next week?

-Josh More

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>>> theron at conrey.org 06/07/05 6:13 PM >>>
it'll take the nv drivers afterwords you can upgrade using (enter 
segway) the notes I've just published to the wiki  I seem to have mucked

up  the title however (that didn't take long) so wiki builders...... SRY

plz fix my mess :)  It apparently dosen't like titles such as "Debian + 
Nvidia"  a big thanks as well however for the site.

Theron

Barry Von Ahsen wrote:

> Theron Conrey wrote:
>
>> I can verify that the nforce works great with Debian.
>
>
> Really?  I'm glad to hear that.  I've been hesitant to get an nForce 
> mobo after the troubles I've had with getting the nvidia video driver 
> working (I can handle non-accelerated graphics, but if it can't find 
> the southbridge, that may cause install problems).  Are the chipset 
> drivers more free, or are they generic enough that you can install 
> then upgrade?  I've never really looked into it
>
> -barry
>
>
>   And if you're
>
>> going that route there's a great board at newegg that also overclocks

>> well.  I'd like to throw out there that I am not a big proponent of 
>> Biostar, however this IGP board that they've got is solid, and prob 
>> more inportant for you, relatively cheap.  You might find something 
>> comparable cheaper elsewhere.
>>
>> BIOSTAR M7NCG 400 Socket A (Socket 462) NVIDIA nForce2 IGP Micro ATX 
>> AMD Motherboard - Retail
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138234
>>
>>
>> David Champion wrote:
>>
>>> Given those 2 choices, I'd do the Asus /w SiS. I'm not a big fan of 
>>> SiS, but they're better than they used to be.
>>>
>>> Can you find one with the nVidia chipset? There were a lot of nForce

>>> IGP mobo's out there that would work well in this situation. They 
>>> were a bit pricey when they were new, but now the should be pretty 
>>> good.
>>>
>>> I'm running nForce mobo's in several Shuttle XPC's and they work 
>>> great. They have integrated sound, video and network, it all works 
>>> well under Linux (haven't tried Ubuntu on them, but MDK works out of

>>> the box).
>>>
>>> -dc
>>>
>>> Bailey, Jonathan C wrote:
>>>
>>>> Found 2 so far and was looking for opinions - which mfr/chipset is 
>>>> better?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ikonpc.com/pmoreinfo.asp?iid=2197
>>>> http://www.mdofpc.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?products_id=9900
>>>>
>>>> HW/SW in server:
>>>> - Duron 900
>>>> - 1GB PC133
>>>> - 2 120GB HD
>>>> - Ubuntu Linux
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
[mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org]On
>>>> Behalf Of Aaron Porter
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:30 PM
>>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Where to find older parts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/4/05, Jonathan Bailey <jcbailey at code0.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, after the fun I've been having with that Dell, I now have my

>>>>> own
>>>>> problem. I've been planning on moving one of my servers into a 1U 
>>>>> rackmount
>>>>> case so I can rack it at home. I've got all the parts, but 
>>>>> realized today
>>>>> that my mobo doesn't have onboard video, and I don't want to mess 
>>>>> with a
>>>>> riser card. Does anyone know of a source for socket A motherboards

>>>>> that
>>>>> support PC133 memory? I'm only using an old duron in this box. 
>>>>> I've checked
>>>>> all the regulars (including eBay), but haven't found much. Does 
>>>>> anyone have
>>>>> a good source of parts or would be willing to part with an older 
>>>>> ATX mobo
>>>>> like I need? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've had good luck finding stuff like that at CompGeeks 
>>>> (http://compgeeks.com)
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