[mythtv-users] Asus A7N266-VM was: Installed and Working

Cedar McKay cedarmckay at mac.com
Fri Feb 28 20:15:29 UTC 2003


Hey, I figured out the usb problem! Simply go to the bios and disable 
compatibility mode (or similar name, I forget exactly) for usb and 
everything starts working! None of my devices seem to need it anyway.

With this resolved I can now heartily recommend the Asus A7N266-VM for 
those trying to put together a cheap amd based myth machine. It has 
onboard sound, nic,  graphics, and usb that are all very good. The 
graphics card isn't very grunty so no gaming with it, but it kicks ass 
for mythtv. And I got mine for less that $70

things to keep in mind, at least for redhat 8.0


1) use lilo, not grub
2) use text based install, not graphical
3) install drivers for nforce board and graphics from nvidia.com. This 
will enable the nic, usb, accelerated graphics and sound.
4) turn off usb compatablility mode in the bios
5) use alsa, not the Red Hat included OSS sound drivers if you need full 
duplex (and you probably do).


best,


cedar



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