On 03/19/08 09:11 pm Mike O'Connor wrote:

>> Has anyone installed OS/2 (Any) on this board? I seem to be able to get 
>> thru the beginning part up until OS/2 attempts to boot and copy 
>> remaining files. I was thinking it might be a graphics issue (NVDIA 
>> GeForce 6150) but it could be anything!

> I gave up trying with all Asustek M2Nxxxxxxxx boards with their NVidia 
> chipsets - not only unable to get video drivers , but also unable to use 
> the NVidia MCPxxxx (Media and Communications Processor) units with their 
> PHY Gigabit network chip. If you are satisfied with 100Mbit networking, 
> the M2V series boards work perfectly with the onboard Realtek 8100B/C 
> using Veit Kannegeiser's RTL8139-family driver and if one has adequate 
> RAM fitted - up to a quarter of that RAM can be used for video with the 
> VIA-based boards with onboard VIA DeltaChrome** graphics - e.g. the 
> M2V-MX series - I have everything working stably and perfect IMHO - 
> except for the Azalea 6 (8?)way HDA - and AC97 codecs - but have been 
> far too busy and damaged (diplopia/strabismus - double vision to the 
> layman) to ichase that up - heck I never even had any souncard between 
> 1979 and 1995!
> 
> ** Can use a video frame-buffer of up to 256MB of the 2GB RAM fitted 
> here - I don't know what 3D-capable video applications anyone has 
> running under OS/2-eCS - but that video chipset is SUPER IMHO for our 
> OS/2 Technology!
> 
> Recommendation : use any M2V motherboard vice any M2N -- remember N for 
> Nvidia, V for VIA!!


My M2N-SLI Deluxe is humming along, including the on-board Gigabit 
networking (using Nickk's nveth driver). Video is an ATI X1050, which 
SNAP thinks is an X550 but works fine anyway. The only thing that I want 
to work that doesn't is the HD Audio (it sort of works with UniAUD 1.1.4 
RC2), but a new driver is being worked on. The on-board Firewire doesn't 
work, but I knew that ahead of time and don't need it.

-=-
Alan

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