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<font size=3>At 06:16 PM 9/14/2006, Brad DerManouelian wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I guess I deserved that.
But the Asus had a few features that I liked,
Like</font></blockquote><br>
3rd memory slot<br>
Integrated Ethernet<br>
Better audio<br>
Wider range of supported processors. <br>
SPDIF optical out<br><br>
I guess I wanted to take the opportunity to increase my options by
upgrading the motherboard. Sadly, it looks like I got burned in the
process.<br><br>
-- Mache<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>On Sep 14, 2006, at
5:33 PM, Mache Creeger wrote:<br><br>
> My server died. I went out and got a used Asus A7N8X-X
Nforce2<br>
> motherboard to match my existing AMD XP 2100+ processor and fired
it<br>
> up with my 7 PATA disks and DVDROM. While it would POST (Power
On<br>
> Self Test), as Fedora Core 5 loaded, I would get o/s panics
(messy<br>
> crashes). Efforts to do a new install or o/s upgrade directly
from<br>
> the CD also resulted in panics.<br>
><br>
> While the Asus motherboard is used and could be defective,
could<br>
> anyone suggest a motherboard that they like that can support 8
PATA<br>
> devices (7 ATA100 disks (1x40GB, 6x200GB) and 1 DVDROM),
2xPromise<br>
> PCI IDE ATA100 controllers, an AMD XP 2100+, WinTV PVR 500,
Nvidia<br>
> 5200 video card, and PC2100 memory.<br>
><br>
> My old motherboard was an Epox EP-8K7A which worked fine right
up<br>
> until it died.<br>
><br>
> Comments and thoughts are welcome.<br>
><br>
> -- Mache Creeger<br><br>
I recommend the Epox EP-8K7A. I hear they work fine right up until
<br>
they die. Sorry, was that too easy? I guess my question is - you
<br>
seemed happy with what you had. Why not replace it with the same
thing?<br>
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