I need to seriously look into a new system to run linux on now that I have managed to get Steam to run on Ubuntu.
The first thing I pulled from the pile was a Jetway V266B. First off, the caps suck.
Only three brands of caps, Evercon, GSC and OST. To make it a little less appealing, both the north and south chipsets are VIA however it will happily support my Athlon 2000+ (at a speed of 1.66Ghz) AND it also permits you to use either Sdram or DDR ram and supports up to a whopping 2Gb of memory!
Now for the problems.
If I insert a registered DDR stick it will beep a memory error (go figure, nothing wants to use that crap) but if you try to use Sdram the system is silent (no beeps or POST) when you turn it on. Looking at haw badly built this board is and adding into consideration that it will be used on a Linux system, is it worth recapping it? This is the last board I own that has a speed faster than 233Mhz and I won't be able to get more boards until the scrap pile at the landfill thaws out a bit more.
The first thing I pulled from the pile was a Jetway V266B. First off, the caps suck.
Only three brands of caps, Evercon, GSC and OST. To make it a little less appealing, both the north and south chipsets are VIA however it will happily support my Athlon 2000+ (at a speed of 1.66Ghz) AND it also permits you to use either Sdram or DDR ram and supports up to a whopping 2Gb of memory!
Now for the problems.
If I insert a registered DDR stick it will beep a memory error (go figure, nothing wants to use that crap) but if you try to use Sdram the system is silent (no beeps or POST) when you turn it on. Looking at haw badly built this board is and adding into consideration that it will be used on a Linux system, is it worth recapping it? This is the last board I own that has a speed faster than 233Mhz and I won't be able to get more boards until the scrap pile at the landfill thaws out a bit more.
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