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David Relson schrieb: |
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> Well, I've done it this time :-< |
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> It seemed time to upgrade from my AthlonXP so I bought a new motherboard |
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> (ASUS M2A-VM HDMI), cpu (AMD 64 X2 5000), and memory (2GB DDR2 800). |
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> With all the new hardware, my hopes were high!! |
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> Then I removed the old mobo/cpu/ram from this workstation and installed |
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> the new and things weren't as rosy as I'd hoped :-< |
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> Problem 1 - ethernet controller. The Realtek 8168 didn't seem to have |
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> a linux driver compatible with my 2.6.22 kernel. Not a big deal as I |
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> could use my old ethernet card and solve the problem later. |
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> Problem 2 - video. The ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 seems to have only |
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> minimal support (VGA - 640x480x8) using the latest drivers in |
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> portage, i.e. ati-drivers-8.40.4. I figured I could get at least |
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> 1024x768 using generic ATI support (with better resolution in the |
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> future when up-to-date drivers are available). |
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vesa should provide higher resolutions (or do you need wide screen? I've |
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got no experiences with that.) |
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> Problem 3 - really low hard drive performance. I presume it's just |
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> tweaking that can be done after (if?) the video problem can be |
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> corrected. |
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I don't see how video affects hdd performance. Playing around with |
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hdparm could indeed make solving your other problems a bit more comfortable. |
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