On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Ian Malone <ibmalone@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11 July 2012 08:35, Gary Hodder <vk2kcf@vk2kcf.com> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I am wondering what motherboards users are using on there Linux box?

> I had a Asus m4a79t delux but in corroded under 2 years and failed.

> Asus blames the customer oxidation and will not give warranty even

> though it has 3 years warranty.

> Strange how a old p5 Intel machine beside it is perfectly fine.

> Asus warranty not worth the paper its written on.

> Have a Asus crosshair V formula that spent more times being repaired

> than been used.

> It still comes up with eprom errors on boot and runs like a dog and Asus

> will not give money back as they say they do not support Linux.

> So we have proved that this brand is crap, what else is there?

>

> Am looking at the Gigabyte ga-990fxa-d3, does this board play well with

> Linux as looking at putting it in what was the m4a79t box.

>



Asus M2NPV-MX, running for > 4 years (5?) now.



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Gigabyte X79-UD7 here, works great.
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On 11/07/12 08:34, Roger types:

On 11/07/12 20:56, Heinz Diehl wrote:

On 11.07.2012, Gary Hodder wrote:


I am wondering what motherboards users are using on there Linux box?

I have had good experiences with Gigabyte mainboards the last 5 years,
both with regards to Linux compatibility and quality.


Me too.
Roger



This computer is a tiny Gigabyte board I put in a 2-unit rack mount
enclosure that fits under my old Brother laser printer. An
E350N-USB3, an AMD processor. I installed F-17 and it has run
without a hitch for a month or more now. My past experience with
ASUS was not good ... I finally tossed the board.

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Gary Hodder wrote:

> I am wondering what motherboards users are using on there Linux box?

I have had 2 different Asus motherboards over the years, and I always had intermittent
and difficult to assess problems. Sometimes, I would boot and my hard drives would not
be there. A few tries and reboots later, and all was fine for a few days. Sometimes,
there would be no keyboard. This only happened with USB keyboards, never ps/2
keyboards. Sometimes, there would be no CD/DVD drive. The system would boot, but when
I opened k3b, there would be no drive present. After rebooting, it was back for a few
days. Etc.

Then, I switched to Intel motherboards. Not a single problem. I always get Intel
motherboards with Intel graphics. These are sensational. Presently, I have the INTEL
DQ45CB with an INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6320 1.866GHz Processor. I have had it for about 2
years, and I doubt I will need to upgrade for at least another couple. It has been a
great buy and my next one will be Intel, too.

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I use ASUS mobo's all my builds for years without one problem, then again I may be the lucky one. My most recent Sabertooth mobo is excellent, with AMD FX-8150.
Before discounting any manufacturers boards, read the reviews on Newegg and Tigerdirect first. Easy way to see how a board rates.

Peter Gueckel <pgueckel@gmail.com> wrote:

>Gary Hodder wrote:
>
>> I am wondering what motherboards users are using on there Linux box?
>
>I have had 2 different Asus motherboards over the years, and I always had intermittent
>and difficult to assess problems. Sometimes, I would boot and my hard drives would not
>be there. A few tries and reboots later, and all was fine for a few days. Sometimes,
>there would be no keyboard. This only happened with USB keyboards, never ps/2
>keyboards. Sometimes, there would be no CD/DVD drive. The system would boot, but when
>I opened k3b, there would be no drive present. After rebooting, it was back for a few
>days. Etc.
>
>Then, I switched to Intel motherboards. Not a single problem. I always get Intel
>motherboards with Intel graphics. These are sensational. Presently, I have the INTEL
>DQ45CB with an INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6320 1.866GHz Processor. I have had it for about 2
>years, and I doubt I will need to upgrade for at least another couple. It has been a
>great buy and my next one will be Intel, too.
>
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Gary Hodder wrote:
> will not give money back as they say they do not support Linux.
> So we have proved that this brand is crap, what else is there?

The only companies that officially support Linux are server hardware
manufacturers. IE: Dell, HP, SuperMicro, etc.

If you want such a motherboard you can either by a SuperMicro board or
buy a whole server system from Dell or HP.

IMHO just buy any motherboard. You've had bad luck. It happens.

FYI: I've always used ASUS products on all my Linux machines. Even a
ASUS laptop. They are all still operating as of today.

P.S. Don't say you are running Linux to the customer support people.
They immediately close your case. We all know operating systems don't
make working hardware into not working hardware so a little white lie is
just fine.
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On 07/11/2012 03:35 AM, Gary Hodder wrote:

Hi all,

I am wondering what motherboards users are using on there Linux box?
I had a Asus m4a79t delux but in corroded under 2 years and failed.
Asus blames the customer oxidation and will not give warranty even
though it has 3 years warranty.
Strange how a old p5 Intel machine beside it is perfectly fine.
Asus warranty not worth the paper its written on.
Have a Asus crosshair V formula that spent more times being repaired
than been used.
It still comes up with eprom errors on boot and runs like a dog and Asus
will not give money back as they say they do not support Linux.
So we have proved that this brand is crap, what else is there?

Am looking at the Gigabyte ga-990fxa-d3, does this board play well with
Linux as looking at putting it in what was the m4a79t box.

Thanks
Gary.




I have an MSI K9MM-V MoBo in my CentOS 6.2 box. While I had F12/F13 on
it I had issues with the HD on the IDE port disappearing at random
intervals. To get the drive back I had to reboot the machine.


I don't know if this behavior is still the same with CentOS 6.2 because
I eventually removed the IDE drive.


The built in sound card has line and microphone inputs. I've never been
able to get the line input to work. The microphone input did work for a
short while. I was never able to make it work again after the first few
days.


As for Gigabyte Mobos and Gigabyte's Hybrid EFI in connection to Linux
you might want to read this web site:


http://www.rodsbooks.com/gb-hybrid-efi/


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On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 13:19 -0400, Tom Wroblewski wrote:
> I use ASUS mobo's all my builds for years without one problem, then
> again I may be the lucky one.

With the comments of I have no problems with them, versus I've nothing
but problems with them, I wonder whether this is due to different people
getting boards made for them in different countries. Or, a distribution
channel that damages boards in transit.

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Tim wrote:
> With the comments of I have no problems with them, versus I've nothing
> but problems with them, I wonder whether this is due to different people
> getting boards made for them in different countries. Or, a distribution
> channel that damages boards in transit.

Or different generations of motherboards having particular problems: I
saw several Asus motherboards (I think they were from the A8N family),
bought at different times from different suppliers, where the chipset
fan died after a year or two.

If you bought a motherboard where the chipset didn’t need a fan, you
wouldn’t see that problem…

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On 07/12/2012 03:17 AM, James Wilkinson wrote:

Tim wrote:

With the comments of I have no problems with them, versus I've nothing
but problems with them, I wonder whether this is due to different people
getting boards made for them in different countries. Or, a distribution
channel that damages boards in transit.

Or different generations of motherboards having particular problems: I
saw several Asus motherboards (I think they were from the A8N family),
bought at different times from different suppliers, where the chipset
fan died after a year or two.

If you bought a motherboard where the chipset didn’t need a fan, you
wouldn’t see that problem…

James



I too also have seen some Asus mobo's that seemed to have lasted forever
in their daily use, and others that have crapped out by the second or
third month of their existence. I guess it's the luck of the draw when
it comes to that brand, or else it's something that has to do with what
"batch" your mobo came from.



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I've got an Intel D865GBFL that I purchase from Daktech in March 2006.
It still runs, but I'm stuck on F14.
I haven't been able to get F16 to install or F17 to run right.
It uses a pentium 4, so some think its ancient.

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