<div>On 4/11/06, Dan <<a href="mailto:grinnz@gmail.com">grinnz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> James Wilkinson wrote: > Deboo ^ wrote: > >> Wanted to know if the ASUS A8N-SLI MoBo supports 64 bit FC4/5 linux? If >> someone is usingthis under FC 64bit, please let me know. >> > > I do. No problems for the parts I use (I don't actually have two PCIe > graphics cards, and I've yet to upgrade to a SATA hard drive). I think I > upgraded during the FC3 timescale. > > ... except I initially tried running it with a PCI (not express) Radeon > 9250. But that card seemed to be trouble all around. > > One thing that might surprise you is that at least with the right > setting in the BIOS, Cool-n-Quiet / cpufreq works with no further > configuration required. You'll run at 1 GHz (with lower electrical power > requirements) when you don't need the CPU power. As soon as you start > something CPU-intensive, the CPU will go back to full speed. > > I've known the CPU fan turn itself off in cold weather, because the > system wasn't producing enough heat for it to be needed. As soon as I > started something processor-intensive, it would start up again. > > I'm pleased with it. > > James. > > My Athlon 64's cool'n'quiet also worked "out of the box" like this. Again, probably more to do with the CPU/OS interaction than the motherboard. It is very nice, though; even Windows can't do that out of the box, you have to install a processor "driver". -Dan</blockquote> <div> Thanks for the responses. The board worked oput of the box, even without any reinstall of the OS. Everything works fine. Thanks again. Regards, Deboo </div> </div> -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.