[mythtv-users] Mobo [off topic]

Mark fairlane at voyager.net
Thu Jul 17 20:13:03 EDT 2003


My KT400 Epox board works fine.  DVDrom on second channel.  No issues.

Brandon Beattie wrote:

>I don't recomment via kt333, or the kt400 chipset.  It could just be me
>and a half dozen other people, but the second ide channel doesn't work.
>It did on 2.2.18 for installing debian, but with 2.4.18 or 2.4.20, every
>device I've tried on that second ide channel causes ATAPI reset errors,
>and I've never been able to mount a cd (I can play a dvd throug direct
>access in xine though).  Anyway, I got the MSI kt4v, which has the KT
>400 chipset.  after 30 hours of trial disabling dma, pci, removing all
>pci cards, and even moving my main harddrive to hdc (instead of hda) I
>get the ATAPI reset errors and nothing will work.  I'm not sure if it's
>a kernel problem or what.  Some people say Suse worked on this chip, but
>knoppix, redhat and mandrake all don't work people report.
>
>I'd be curious if anyone here has their second channel ide working, if
>they're using an MSI MB with a via kt400 chipset, or any kt400 chipset.
>Also last night at the local LUG, someone has the MSI KT4-ultra, which
>has the kt400 chipset, and they can't get anything installed either.
>
>--Brandon
>
>On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 03:44:53PM -0500, Aran Cox wrote:
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>>I bought an epox-8rda+ to run MythTV on.  I wrestled with the BIOS,
>>compiling kernels (with ALSA, lm_sensors2, etc.), built-in sound, the
>>on-board ethernet, and just about everything else.  The Asus you mention
>>might be better, if you get the deluxe model with the 3com NIC.  The new
>>lm_sensors that works with nforce2 motherboards requires changes to i2c
>>which are incompatible with bttv driver (and others), BTW.
>>
>>I think you'd probably be better off with a KT400 solution.  You
>>probably can get everything work with the Asus, but you will likely
>>spend some time messing with things to make it happen.  I have
>>everything working except the extra USB ports and the Firewire ports are
>>untested on my Epox so it can be done.  I have no experience with KT400
>>motherboards though, so take that recommendation with a grain of salt.
>>
>>My guess is the next wave of distributions will likely have most of this
>>ironed out.  (Probably no support for the built-in ethernet on the
>>nforce2, but it will likely include AGP, Firewire, USB, etc. in a
>>working state.)  But that's just a guess. 
>>
>>Good luck..
>>
>>On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 14:28, Lonny Selinger wrote:
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>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience (good or bad)
>>>using a board with nVidia's nForce2 chipset. I'm making a dedicated
>>>MythTV box and listening to the issues with VIA chipsets I decided to
>>>go with a nForce2 board (Asus A7N8X).
>>>
>>>So far it seems that kernel support in Linuc might be fairly scarce so
>>>I was just wondering if anyone else is using something similar and if
>>>its been stable etc.
>>>
>>>Any input is appreciated, thanks!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Lonny
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