I have a VIA EPIA and it has never stopped. I think it is the MII but can't
remember now. It came with an onboard CF reader/ Cardbus slot. I removed it
as it was socketed and turned off all unused ports in the bios. I then use
an IDE to CF adaptor for booting it. Works a treat.


On 9/5/06 22:50, "Nik Middleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Been there, done that, if you can, send it back.
> 
> Thing will lockup quite frequently.  There's a 4 year! Thread about this
> card with Linux. 
> 
> Seems it's DMA related. (see link
> http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=60131&STARTPAG
> E=20&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear)
> 
> Having said that, I'd be really interested if you can get it to work.  Skip
> to end of thread before you get bored.  Game over seems to be prevalent with
> this hardware, which is a real shame, as on the face of it , it showed real
> promise
> 
> Regards

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