Rebuild computer with Intel DG965WH motherboard
Gordon Charrick
gordonmc at cox.net
Mon Nov 27 11:11:17 UTC 2006
Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>
>
> I'm running on a Dual core Pentium system using the Intel 965 chipset
> and in a word it works however there are some limitations to be aware of
> which are being resolved.
>
> My motherboard is an Intel DG965RYCK motherboard with 2Gb or RAM and a
> 2.8GHZ dual core processor.
>
> Big issues I've found:
>
> 1) PATA (IDE?) interface is not recognized properly (SATA works
> perfectly however)
> a) use the kernel parameter "all-generic-ide" however I am not able
> to burn CD's with the setting
> b) use a usb cdrom drive
> 2) Video drivers that come in FC6 will not display video with programs
> such as mplayer - fix is to install the current drivers for the 965
> video chipset from freedesktop.org - you'll have to compile them yourself
> 3) the 64 bit version of firefox will probably be a headache as plugins
> are 32 bits - choices are:
> a) run the 32 bit version of firefox
> b) use the 64 bit version of firefox and use nspluginwrapper which
> will work with many of the plugins
>
> Hope this is of use...
>
> Jeff
>
Sounds like it might be best to just return it and pick something else
unless these problems are expected to be fixed real soon.
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