On August 11, 2005 07:32, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bryan Phinney > Sent: 11 August 2005 14:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Q:ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherbord > > On Thursday 11 August 2005 06:27 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > > Brian btw do you have any problems with the motherboard at power on time? > > Well, the Nvidia LAN port is non-functional. It worked when I first got > the system but about a week in, the receive lights went out and the port > stopped picking up an IP address from DHCP. Since that time, the Nvidia > LAN port has been non-functional. I am using the other Marvell LAN port > which works fine under Linux. ... > > Brian, > > That's is exactly what's up with mine, damn I really didn't want to have to > pull it all apart. > > Thanks Brian, > > Tony. ...
FWIW, when I was looking into a new motherboard a few months ago, I remember reading of an incompatibility between the NVidia chipset and Linux, specifically the on-board ethernet. The solution was to buy a NIC card and use that. I went with a Via chipset instead. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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