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Andy
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
Posts: 24
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 Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:40 am Post subject:
Motherboard swap
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Greetings
I'm using Mandrake10.1 and running athlon 2600xp(barton) on Epox 8KHA+
Bios detects cpu as "uknown type" at 2083 with fsb 332.I have two 256
rams(i'm not sure what rating) and one stick of 512 rate ddr400.Seting mem
speed in bios to 166 causes black screen, I can run only when it is set to
100 or by SPD. Not being a techie I think it is time change the mobo to
take a full advantage of cpu and memory. What troubles I may expect with
my linux setup ?
Thanks for all hints.
Take care
Andy |
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Dave {Reply Address in.si
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 48
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Re: Motherboard swap
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In message <pan.2005.02.12.01.40.52.62463@localhost.localdomain>, Andy
wrote:
| Quote: | Greetings
I'm using Mandrake10.1 and running athlon 2600xp(barton) on Epox 8KHA+
Bios detects cpu as "uknown type" at 2083 with fsb 332.I have two 256
rams(i'm not sure what rating) and one stick of 512 rate ddr400.Seting mem
speed in bios to 166 causes black screen, I can run only when it is set to
100 or by SPD. Not being a techie I think it is time change the mobo to
take a full advantage of cpu and memory. What troubles I may expect with
my linux setup ?
Probably none. I run RedHat/Fedora and have swapped motherboards a few times |
now. What happens is that when you boot up for the first time after the
swap, the kudzu tool spots various things that are no longer there and asks
if you want to remove the drivers, then spots all the things that are new
and asks if you want to add them. Then it carries on as normal. If you
change graphics card then you might need to redo your X configuration as
well. The only time I got caught out was the first time I swapped to an
nForce board where the on-board ethernet wasn't recognised. Then I had to
get the driver, get it onto the machine, compile it and get it installed.
However, newer kernels have it built in so the problem eventually went
away. I guess that's the only thing to check, that all your hardware is
supported by your current Linux kernel.
Contrast this to the hell involved in swapping motherboards under Windows...
--
Dave
mail da ve@llondel.org (without the space)
http://www.llondel.org/
So many gadgets, so little time... |
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Andy
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
Posts: 24
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:22 am Post subject:
Re: Motherboard swap
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:38:38 +0000, Dave {Reply Address in.sig} wrote:
| Quote: | In message <pan.2005.02.12.01.40.52.62463@localhost.localdomain>, Andy
wrote:
Greetings
I'm using Mandrake10.1 and running athlon 2600xp(barton) on Epox 8KHA+
Bios detects cpu as "uknown type" at 2083 with fsb 332.I have two 256
rams(i'm not sure what rating) and one stick of 512 rate ddr400.Seting
mem speed in bios to 166 causes black screen, I can run only when it is
set to 100 or by SPD. Not being a techie I think it is time change the
mobo to take a full advantage of cpu and memory. What troubles I may
expect with my linux setup ?
Probably none. I run RedHat/Fedora and have swapped motherboards a few
times now. What happens is that when you boot up for the first time after
the swap, the kudzu tool spots various things that are no longer there and
asks if you want to remove the drivers, then spots all the things that are
new and asks if you want to add them. Then it carries on as normal. If you
change graphics card then you might need to redo your X configuration as
well. The only time I got caught out was the first time I swapped to an
nForce board where the on-board ethernet wasn't recognised. Then I had to
get the driver, get it onto the machine, compile it and get it installed.
However, newer kernels have it built in so the problem eventually went
away. I guess that's the only thing to check, that all your hardware is
supported by your current Linux kernel.
Contrast this to the hell involved in swapping motherboards under
Windows...
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Thank you Dave,
since I dual boot (with win) I'll have only half a hell ;-)
Take care
Andy |
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Dave {Reply Address in.si
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 48
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:03 am Post subject:
Re: Motherboard swap
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In message <pan.2005.02.13.03.22.06.83926@localhost.localdomain>, Andy
wrote:
| Quote: | On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:38:38 +0000, Dave {Reply Address in.sig} wrote:
In message <pan.2005.02.12.01.40.52.62463@localhost.localdomain>, Andy
wrote:
Greetings
I'm using Mandrake10.1 and running athlon 2600xp(barton) on Epox 8KHA+
Bios detects cpu as "uknown type" at 2083 with fsb 332.I have two 256
rams(i'm not sure what rating) and one stick of 512 rate ddr400.Seting
mem speed in bios to 166 causes black screen, I can run only when it is
set to 100 or by SPD. Not being a techie I think it is time change the
mobo to take a full advantage of cpu and memory. What troubles I may
expect with my linux setup ?
Probably none. I run RedHat/Fedora and have swapped motherboards a few
times now. What happens is that when you boot up for the first time after
the swap, the kudzu tool spots various things that are no longer there
and asks if you want to remove the drivers, then spots all the things
that are new and asks if you want to add them. Then it carries on as
normal. If you change graphics card then you might need to redo your X
configuration as well. The only time I got caught out was the first time
I swapped to an nForce board where the on-board ethernet wasn't
recognised. Then I had to get the driver, get it onto the machine,
compile it and get it installed. However, newer kernels have it built in
so the problem eventually went away. I guess that's the only thing to
check, that all your hardware is supported by your current Linux kernel.
Contrast this to the hell involved in swapping motherboards under
Windows...
Thank you Dave,
since I dual boot (with win) I'll have only half a hell ;-)
What happens is that Windows starts to boot normally on the new board and |
then comes to a grinding halt, displaying a blue screen with a message that
it can't access the boot device. Unless you manage to get a new motherboard
with the same basic IDE chipset so it uses the same driver. It can be
overcome but it takes hours to do instead of the couple of minutes that
Linux normally takes.
--
Dave
mail da ve@llondel.org (without the space)
http://www.llondel.org/
So many gadgets, so little time... |
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