Any issues with MSI K8T-NEO-FIS2R?

[Scott Coppen]

Go with a SI311* based SATA controller.  I had to buy a SI3112 PCI 
card as my onboard Promise controller is not supported.  Also, I 
don't know if the new distro installs use a 2.6 kernel, so you may 
have to do some fiddling to get your system to boot off the SATA 
drive if your planning to use a new 2.6 (highly recommended).

On Thursday 26 February 2004 23:46, Ashley Gittins wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 	I'm several days away from ordering my amd64 3400+ system, and
> wanted to know if there are any known gotchyas with my intended
> purchase.
>
> I decided to go with the K8T800 chipset after seeing both the
> hypertransport rates and general issues seen with the NF3 chipset
> with drivers etc. I understand most of those issues are well on
> their way to being resolved but I would feel more comfortable
> getting something that has worked for a while.
>
> I'm looking at getting the MSI K8T-NEO-FIS2R motherboard, as it
> seems to be a decent performer, and is capable of driving most ram
> configs at DDR400. I expect I will have driver issues with the Lan
> interface, and possibly the audio, but I plan to use an existing
> SBLive and e100pro nic, so I'm not going to be too concerned if
> that's the case.
>
> Are there any specific issues with the SATA interface on these
> mainboards, or anything else I should look out for which might
> affect my purchasing decision? I'm planning on booting my main
> system from SATA, with secondary storage on PATA.
>
> I'm planning on getting 2 x 512MB Corsair XMS3200LL (low latency)
> sticks, under the assumption that I'll be able to run tighter
> memory timings with these units.
>
> I've trawled the archives a bit and seen some reports of ide
> problems with the msi board, but with conflicting accounts from
> some. Has anyone here had experience with this model board?
>
> If there are good reasons why I should look at another board, or
> another chipset altogether, I'd love to hear them. I'll be using
> Fedora for my day-to-day work (general desktop stuff, some devel,
> graphics) and will be dual-booting with XP purely for games.
>
> I don't expect a completely smoth ride on AMD64, but I wouldn't
> mind being able to start out with something proven, and sit back on
> the bit where the bleeding edge has just started to congeal :-)
>
> --
> Regards,
>         Ashley Gittins
>         web: http://www.purple.dropbear.id.au
>         jabber: agittins at purple.dropbear.id.au

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