Re: is nForce2 good choice under Linux?

[aviv bergman]

On Friday 13 February 2004 22:32, Daniel Drake wrote:
> I have been perfectly happy with my NF7-S, except from the one time it
> failed on me (didn't boot up), and I had to get it replaced. I think there
> is a general risk involved in buying nforce2 boards, their rate of failure
> is fairly high. Still, the benefits are nice.

the shuttle FN41 (sn41g2 xpc) is probably safe - i had very frequent lockups 
after upgrading to 2.6.0, flashed to the latest bios, and the system is rock 
stable since (2.6.1 w/apic)

you better check if the specific board you are going to buy has a fixed bios.

aviv
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