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On Friday 03 June 2005 00:17, dgmm wrote:
> Thanks for that confirmation. =A0The NIC is the least of the compatibility
> worries. Plenty of decent spares lying around :-)


Just an update.

I bought a Foxconn 661FXME based on SiS 661FX chipset.

Everything "just works" so far.

Sound works from snd_ich

Network is sis0

USB is detected but not tested yet.

On board graphics is not fully tested but running at 1024x768 24bit with th=
e=20
Xorg sis driver.  No GL working (or it's just poor) but not thoroughly=20
checked/tested.  Grphics speed and/or GL is not of any real interest and=20
there's still and AGP slot to plug in something more "meaty" if required.

It's got a P4, 3.2GHz CPU and 512MB of DDR400 in it.  I still need to optim=
ize=20
the kernel.

Should I be compiling SMP in for the hyperthreading thingummy?

=2D-=20
Dave