On Saturday 09 February 2002 19:51, Roger Sherman wrote: > On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Brian Durant wrote: > > Ok, I am getting closer to my goal, but still have a few questions: > > > > 1) For those on the list using the Soyo Dragon+. I see that there is a > > sound card built into the motherboard (C-Media 6 Channel Sound Card). Any > > problems with Mandrake recognition of the card or performance problems > > with Mandrake? Should I disable the C-Media card and go for the Sound > > Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum? > > I wouldn't ... I had a board with integrated sound, and putting in the SB > created problems.... > > > 2) My tech guy can't seem to get an ATI Radeon AIW 32mg nearby. The other > > possibilities are a PixelView GeForce3 T200 64MB or one of the new (new > > here anyway) Radeon 8500 cards. Any advice or comments? My obvious > > concern is getting everything in the box to work with the Mandrake > > install and not to have to niggle too much with post install > > configuration to get the box up and running. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian
OTH, I have onboard sound (AC97) on a Soltek SL-75KAV mobo and later installed a pci SB 5.1 Live! card: No problems at all. So.... ? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works
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