Hi Rob

In article ,
Rob Hamerling  wrote:

> I went through a similar exercise a few weeks ago. First I made a 
> mistake by choosing a motherboard of which the chipset was(is) not 
> supported! Then I needed to find an alternative (within the limited 
> assortment of my local supplier)....  Better do it right first time!

:) That's why I asked - I'd rather not repeat mistakes others have
already made...

> For each candidate motherboard you need to check if its chipset is 
> listed in DANIS506.doc (when you have eCS installed in \ecs\boot).
> Then you have to check if the onboard video chip, or the one on your 
> videocard, is supported by SNAP(/SE).
> Same exercise for audio and NIC.

In a lot of instances, the problem area seems to be the NIC, though
that's not fatal - I don't have any immediate need for Gigabit speeds,
so I can always add a 10/100 card if I really have to. Much nicer to be
able to use what's onboard if possible.

> You can find reviews of all kinds of hardware for eCS in the hardware 
> section of http://www.ecomstation.ru (incl mine about an ASRock board).
> For the MB I choose the ASUS A8N-E, mainly because I wanted an AMD 
> Athlon 64 processor (socket 939) and SATA-2, and I found some good 
> reviews there. For video I selected a simple PCI-e card with ATI Radion 
> X300 chip. The onboard NIC works with Genmac, Audio with Uniaud.
> I don't say this is _the_ best choice, but I'm satisfied (incl price).

I had a look at the reviews. Its a pity more data isn't held on the
items - knowing what areas were problamatic would be useful. Still, it
does give a lot of useful information.

As to the Asus, it seems to be getting good press. I had problems with
Asus MBs a few years ago and have steered clear of them since, but it
looks as though that may be the way to go now.

Thanks for the information.

regards, paul.


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