Shawn; There's been a lot of problems with the nForce chipsets - both in Windows and Linux. The new nForce3 chipsets have also been causing problems. Since it seems to be a random problem which happens with various models and brands of motherboards, a lot of people are staying away from boards equipped with nForce chipsets altogether.
Some of the issues are driver related while others are due to the design of the boards, while others are just defective. This is not a problem that exists on every single board using this chipset, but the logic would seem to be that since it's a very random problem, why take a chance? There have been good results with Intel, Via and Sis chipsets though. I'm sure that there are some people who've had problems with all the different brands of chipsets, but for the most part, these 3 brands seem to be pretty stable. For example, I've been avoiding SiS chipsets for the last 3 or 4 years, but the latest ones on Asus boards have been "BulletProof" for me. Go Figure! That's the 411 for ya. Lanman *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/17/2003 at 9:28 AM Shawn Protsman wrote: >Why would the N-Force boards be a problem? The Nvidia video cards can >be an issue but I've not heard of any issues (to my limited knowledge) >with the N-Force mobos. In fact, I'm thinking of picking one up with a >new Athlon XP proc. :-) > >On Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, at 08:48 US/Central, Derek Jennings wrote: > >> I would suggest avoiding Nvidia N-Force based mobos because you then >> become >> tied to Nvidia continuing to supply their closed source driver, and I >> would >> suggest you choose a mobo with a good BIOS that allows flexible >> configuration >> of IRQ lines etc. In my limited experience Award seems to be better >> than >> Pheonix in this regard. >> >> Apart from that just about anything will work. >> My Abit KD7 Via KT400 based mobo works great. >> > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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