[mythtv-users] NForce2 Motherboards and MythTV (Linux)

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Terrence Martin wrote:

> Many of the newer boards seems to have the Nforce2 chipsets but I had 
> heard there are some issues. How good is support for the NForce2 
> chipset in Linux/MythTV and what motherboards are recommended? If the 
> onboard sound was decent it would be a bonus, but I still have my 
> SBLive! 5.1.

Myself and many others use nForce2 boards.  You just have to make sure 
APIC is disabled in your kernel.  I highly recommend the 7NIF2 from 
Chaintech, the SVideo out is right on the backplane with the other ports.