Lee Revell schrieb: >> So I gather that my best bet is to avoid mainboards that have VIA >> chipsets. > > > VIA chipsets work fine. Their bad reputation is due to poor quality > Windows drivers. maybe thats true ... but i badly remeber the vt686b southbridge. also, the linux kernel does contain some code specially for the, lets call it unconventional, irq routing of via chipsets. but, yes, current via chipsets may work fine. > Lee >