I have an Athlon 2400+ sitting in a 3 year old Gigabyte 7DXR motherboard. Everything is still running fine (XP/Mandrake 10), but the chipset fan has failed and this board only includes usb 1.1 ports.
I thought about getting a usb2 add-on card, but it's nearly impossible to find one that has internal header pins for the front ports on my case (Lian-Li).
So I've decided to replace my motherboard. I can spend $50 or a little more. My requirements are linux friendly onboard sound, lan and usb2.
Can anyone give me some feedback on solid socket a boards for linux? I don't have a strong desire to use a custom kernel, but I can if necessary. I won't be overclocking, and I only game occasionally.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
I thought about getting a usb2 add-on card, but it's nearly impossible to find one that has internal header pins for the front ports on my case (Lian-Li).
So I've decided to replace my motherboard. I can spend $50 or a little more. My requirements are linux friendly onboard sound, lan and usb2.
Can anyone give me some feedback on solid socket a boards for linux? I don't have a strong desire to use a custom kernel, but I can if necessary. I won't be overclocking, and I only game occasionally.
Thanks in advance,
Mark