[ale] Asus motherboards

[Michael Smith]

	I can't respond to either of those two boards directly, but I have had
two motherboards from ASUS and have been extremely satisfied.  I have had no
glitches and one of those machines has been up for 5 months...running linux of
course.  I don't think you can go wrong with either one but I would probably go
with the P5A as having the onboard audio locks you into that audio card(you
could probably turn it off but I would rather make my own choices) and also
notice that they are different form factors so you could have to get a new
case.  Best of luck......

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Michael B Golden wrote:
> I am planning to buy one of two motherboards currently. The two
> in question are the Asus P5A and the Asus P5A-B. I am wondering if anyone
> uses either of these boards, and how well they work with linux. I am not
> trying to get a recommendation on another board unless I find that these
> boards will not work with Linux. I've got some stats on them from the
> Asus website (Some formatting replaced with strange characters, not
> enough time to filter them out) that I will put at the bottom of this
> message. And if it matters, I plan to put an AMD K6-2 350MHz processor in
> it.
> 
> Asus P5A ATX Socket 7 Motherboard
> 
> Processor
> 100/83.3/75/66 MHz F.S.B
> Intel Pentium Processor: P55C/P54C/P54CS 90MHz~233MHz
> Cyrix M II: 300MHz ~ 333MHz ,
> 6x86MX: PR166+ ~ PR266+MHz
> AMD-K6®-2, AMD-K6® 233MHz ~ 400MHz
> 
> Chipset
> ALi® M1541 Aladdin V AGPset supports up to 100MHz F.S.B.
> ALi® M1543 Super I/O Controller
> 
> Bus Architecture
> 32-bit AGP Bus, 32-bit PCI Bus and 16-bit ISA Bus Compatible
> 
> Expansion Slots
> 1 x 32-bit AGP Slot
> 5 x 32-bit PCI Slots
> 2 x 16-bit ISA Slots
> 
> Cache
> On Board Pipelined Burst SRAM 512KB (-5ns)
> 
> System Memory
> 3 x 168-pin DIMM Sockets Support 8-384MB SDRAM/EDO
> Features ECC/Parity Support (66MHz Only)
> PC100 (100MHz)Compliant SDRAM Interface
> 
> AGP Connector
> AGP 1.0 Compliance Interface Supports both 1x and 2x Speed Mode with
> Sidehand Address Capability
> 
> Onboard I/O
> 2 x USB Ports onboard
> 1 x Floppy Port (Up to 2.88MB, 3 Mode)
> 2 x Serial Ports
> 1 x Parallel Port (EPP, ECP Port)
> FIR TX/RX Header
> 
> Onboard PCI IDE
> 2 x PCI Bus Master IDE ports (Support up to 4 IDE devices)
> Support:
> PIO Mode 3 & 4 : 17MB/Sec. DMD Mode 2 : 17MB/Sec. (Max.; The Actual
> Transfer Speed Depends On HD)
> ATAPI IDE CD-ROM and LS-120 Supported
> Ultra DMA/33 : 33MB/Sec.(Synchronous DMA Mode)
> 
> Onboard PCI Audio (Optional)
> High Performance ESS Solo-1™ PCI Audio Controller
> Sound Blaster 16 and Microsoft Sound System Compatible
> Up to 16-bit Stereo 44KHz Sampling Rate, Full Duplex
> Microsoft® PC97/PC98 Compliant
> Software WaveTable Bundled
> 3D Audio Effects and ESFMTM Music Synthesizer
> 
> OS Certification
> Microsoft PC97 Logo (Design for Windows95, Windows98 and WindowsNT)
> Novell Yes Test Approved
> Solaris H/W x86 Certified
> NSTL Year 2000 Test Approved
> 
> CD-ROM Content
> Auto Run Software Install Utility
> ALi® Bus Master IDE Driver
> Intel® LDCM Hardware Monitoring, DMI Browser and Remote Access Utility
> ESS® Audio Driver with S/W Wave Table Utility
> ASUS PC Probe Hardware Monitoring Utility for Single Desktop User
> 
> BIOS
> 2M-bit Flash EEPROM
> Award® AGP BIOS with ACPI, DMI, Green, Plug and Play Features
> Enhanced ACPI Features for PC98/Win98
> 
> Other Features
> PC Health Monitoring ASIC Supports CPU Voltage, Fan Status, and System
> Temperature Detection
> Intel® LANDesk Client Manager S/W and ASUS PC Probe Utility Bundled
> 
> Dimensions
> ATX Form Factor (8.3" x 12")
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Asus P5A-B Motherboard
> 
> Processor
> 100/83.3/75/66 MHz F.S.B
> Intel Pentium Processor: P55C/P54C/P54CS 90MHz~233MHz
> Cryix M II: 300MHz ~ 333MHz ,
> 6x86MX: PR166+ ~ PR266+MHz
> AMD-K6®-2, AMD-K6® 233MHz ~ 400MHz
> 
> Chipset
> ALi® M1541 Aladdin V AGPset supports up to 100MHz F.S.B.
> ALi® M1543 Super I/O Controller
> 
> Bus Architecture
> 32-bit AGP Bus, 32-bit PCI Bus and 16-bit ISA Bus Compatible
> 
> Expansion Slots
> 1 x 32-bit AGP Slot
> 3 x 32-bit PCI Slots
> 2 x 16-bit ISA Slots
> 
> L2 Cache
> On Board Pipelined Burst SRAM 512KB (-5ns)
> 
> System Memory
> 3 x 168-pin DIMM Sockets Support 8-384MB 3.3V SDRAM/EDO
> Features ECC/Parity Support (66MHz Only)
> PC100 (100MHz)Compliant SDRAM Interface
> 
> AGP Connector
> AGP 1.0 Compliance Interface Supports both 1x and 2x Speed Mode with
> Sidehand Address Capability
> 
> Onboard I/O
> 1 x Floppy Port (Up to 2.88MB, 3 Mode)
> 2 x Serial Ports
> 1 x Parallel Port (EPP, ECP Port)
> FIR TX/RX Header
> 
> Onboard PCI IDE
> 2 x PCI Bus Master IDE ports (Support up to 4 IDE devices)
> Support:
> PIO Mode 3 & 4 : 17MB/Sec. DMD Mode 2 : 17MB/Sec. (Max.; The Actual
> Transfer Speed Depends On HD)
> ATAPI IDE CD-ROM and LS-120 Supported
> Ultra DMA/33 : 33MB/Sec.(Synchronous DMA Mode)
> 
> Onboard Audio (Optional)
> High Performance CMI8330 16-bit Audio Controller
> Sound Blaster 16 and Microsoft Sound System Compatible
> Up to 16-bit Stereo 44KHz Sampling Rate, Full Duplex
> OPL3 FM Synthesizer with Built-in Surround Sound
> Supports DirectX 5.0, Direct Sound 3D or A3D
> Device Support : WSS, MPU401, Game Port, SB16
> 
> Dual Power Connector
> 3V, 5V, 12V 20-Pin ATX Power Connector, Soft Power Supported
> 12-Pin Baby AT Power Connector
> 
> OS Certification
> Microsoft PC97 Logo (Design for Windows95, Windows98 and WindowsNT)
> Novell Yes Test Approved
> Solaris H/W x86 Certified
> NSTL Year 2000 Test Approved
> 
> CD-ROM Content
> Auto Run Software Install Utility
> ALi® Bus Master IDE Driver
> Intel® LDCM Hardware Monitoring, DMI Browser and Remote Access Utility
> CMI Audio Driver with S/W Wave Table Utility
> ASUS PC Probe Hardware Monitoring Utility for Single Desktop User
> 
> BIOS
> 1M-bit Flash EEPROM
> Award® AGP BIOS with ACPI, DMI, Green, Plug and Play Features
> 
> Other Features
> PC Health Monitoring ASIC Supports CPU Voltage, Fan Status, and System
> Temperature Detection
> Intel® LANDesk Client Manager S/W and ASUS PC Probe Utility Bundled
> 
> Dimensions
> Baby AT Form Factor (8.7" x 8.5")
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
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