RE: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-05 Thread Robert Wideman
Get the name correct. It is ATHLON not ATH-A-LON. Sorry if this sounds bashing but its not. And to answer if other all-in-one boards have problemsyesthats why they are cheaper so you can deal with the drivers and issues. Plus your running LINUXprobably not tested on the HW your

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread Chuck Burns
On Tue, February 4 2003 11:38 pm, BCSoft wrote: : Greetings, : Just bought (on impulse -- damn) an Athalon K7SEM mb by some generic vendor : at a recent computer show. It's working (dual boot W98/ML9) but not without : some trials. I'm wondering if the all-in-one type of board has more : problems

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread et
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 06:50 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: On Tue, February 4 2003 11:38 pm, BCSoft wrote: : Greetings, : Just bought (on impulse -- damn) an Athalon K7SEM mb by some generic : vendor at a recent computer show. It's working (dual boot W98/ML9) but : not without some trials. I'm

RE: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread Allan Gillis
: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant) On Tuesday 04 February 2003 06:50 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: On Tue, February 4 2003 11:38 pm, BCSoft wrote: : Greetings, : Just bought (on impulse -- damn) an Athalon K7SEM mb by some generic : vendor at a recent computer show. It's working (dual boot

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 04 February 2003 08:38 pm, BCSoft wrote: Greetings, Just bought (on impulse -- damn) an Athalon K7SEM mb by some generic vendor at a recent computer show. It's working (dual boot W98/ML9) but not without some trials. I'm wondering if the all-in-one type of board has more problems

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread BCSoft
Originally ML wouldn't recognize the built in ethernet. I installed another ethernet card and now ML recognizes both of them - go figure. It's ok though since I use one for internet and one for intranet. Knoppix recognized the card but had to be passed parameters to get the video correct. All in

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread BCSoft
Hmmm Hmmm My son is having problems with an Intel 850 chipset board. Does it have the same flakey performance and is there any solution (throw dos 6.22 on there and use it to play Xcom UFO Defense?)? Rich - Original Message - -snip- SiS 630, 730, and 740 Chipsets are well

Re: [newbie] all-in-one mb thread (kinda rant)

2003-02-04 Thread FemmeFatale
At 04:18 PM 2/4/2003 -0900, you wrote: On Tuesday 04 February 2003 08:38 pm, BCSoft wrote: Greetings, Just bought (on impulse -- damn) an Athalon K7SEM mb by some generic vendor at a recent computer show. It's working (dual boot W98/ML9) but not without some trials. I'm wondering if the