On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:47 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I build my own desktop boxes and usually pick a motherboard that Fedora > is known to work on. Some motherboards just don't work, at least with > older versions of Fedora. > > For example the motherboard I'm using now is the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 > and I'm using an PCI Express nVidia graphics card -- I forgot the name a > long time ago. Point is, I asked on the x86_64 list for board > recommendations and then bought the recommended board. I seem to recall > there was a problem with the onboard network chip but I fixed it quickly > by finding the right driver and compiling it. Then future kernel updates > had it by default. > > I have not paid it the slightest attention in the last few years, but I > believe there is a hardware compatibility list you can check. > > You may have seen some of my earlier posts asking about the Dell > Latitude E-series notebooks. I was wondering if others have gotten F10 > to install on that. There were no responses -- interesting. > > My suggestion is, ask around for a motherboard that works with Fedora > 10, and buy and install that. It isn't too tough to change a > motherboard. It might cost you something for new memory though -- and > I've noticed the memory prices Dell quotes for 4 Gb chips are really > high...hmmm. I don't know if that's a market trend. > > My current Asrock system is sorely in need of replacement, and I'm > thinking of retiring the desktop entirely and replacing it with a notebook. Correcting the top post along with this... Short answer: No I am not going to buy another motherboard. This exact system ran just fine on F9, BTW. -- ================================== By all means marry; If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. --Socrates -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
