Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

[Peter Humphrey]

On Monday 04 July 2011 17:30:27 Grant wrote:

> I'm reading that ASUS and Gigabyte are the way to go for reliability.

I'm suspicious of my Asus P7P55D motherboard. It seems just fine with Gentoo, 
and it has lots of tuning methods built in (over-clocking etc.). I've never 
used those facilities because the box is already quite fast enough for me 
and I value stability.

But, as I've mentioned here recently, every other distro I've tried hangs 
randomly - even the live CDs. Someone on an Asus forum suggested I change 
from PS/2 to USB keyboard and mouse, but meanwhile I've tried switching 
various things off in the BIOS, and this may be working: I now get at least a 
few hours with "Asus Express Gate" switched off (whatever that is).

I'm just one among many, of course.

-- 
Rgds
Peter