Hello to [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are some (Non-Linux) issues with the board when running an High-speed Athlon (not XP) with SDRAM, look at OC workbench for more details: http://forum.ocworkbench.com/
I have some comments below: On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 19:10:55 +0100 "Mike Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: ECS Motherboards (again): MA> MA> MA> > Thank you all for your replies. But can I ask again, are there any issues MA> using MA> > this (and the sis chipset) with Linux? MA> MA> I have a severe and potentially unwarranted distaste for SiS anything. The MA> chipsets they develop are the cheepest and nastiest things I've encountered. That's right, they're cheap, but that doesn't mean it's bad. SiS does have a bad reputation, but the this chipset gets great reviews on serious sites like Tom's Hardwareguide! I've ordered my k7s5a today, to prevent my high-priced Asus A7V133 crap motherboard from toasting and damaging my system. The ECS K7s5a is less than 50% of the price of my Asus (less than 60% of the newer Asus'). Except for a problem with some boards, they're rock solid! MA> MA> *In general* if you dont or can't obtain a specially developed sis driver MA> for whatever-it-is, then it is totally and completely incompatible with any MA> of the industry standards for that product making it unusuable with MA> 'standard' drivers. MA> MA> One of the classic examples from this company from hell is their laughable MA> 'vga''chipsets. It would be accepted by most that the 1st 16 'modes' of vga MA> are 'industry standard'. Meaning that they are the modes as defined by IBM MA> on the original product and garanteed to work on *any* pc. Until that is, MA> this awful SiScrap hit the deck where they decided to save 2 cents and MA> simply not have them. Makes booting with a Sis vga card an excercise in MA> futility. MA> MA> Other undocumented features from this shitset are stealing real memory from MA> the top of your real memory because again, they don't like the thought of MA> paying 0.0002 cents for the drill holes in their pcb's to accomodate on MA> board memory. Thus, although SiSshit claims to be 5ns compatible: try it MA> some time. MA> Well, my Asus mutch worse, it doesn't implement C1 or C2 power savings, leaving my processor running at 58°C, the RAID functions are buggy at least (I don't use them), systems with this board crash often, even with Linux. Updating the BIOS caused me having to reenter the system speed and multipliers every boot-up. Sis can't screw up worse than that, and given the price of the board... I'm 'throwing' my Asus away under warranty (the reseller doesn't do a thing about it). The board cost me 191 EURO, while the ECS 57s5a only costs 84 EURO now. If it's no good, I get my money back within the first week. It's worth the try... BTW, I also have an ECS K7VZA running, that's a great board! MA> MA> MA> MA> MA> _________________________________________________________ MA> Do You Yahoo!? MA> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com MA> MA> _______________________________________________ MA> Linux-users mailing list MA> Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users MA> _______________________________________________________________ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
