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07-18-2005
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75% of reviewers
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$55.00
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9.0
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I decided to purchase this mobo when I read that support for the NF7-S wasn't fully mature, but I was able to find a review of a person whose Debian installed without patches. I've read several updates in the 2.6 kernel changelogs, so I know that this chipset is being actively supported, in case I run into any problems.
The beta3 netinst CD-ROM image of the Sarge Debian Installer did not detect the sound card, but that may be due to its limited size. A full install image may contain the drivers, and I've found many examples of configuring the chip with ALSA (which is now included in the 2.6 kernel), so I expect that it will be detected once I update my kernel (which I was planning on doing anyway).
I'm running an ATA-100 hard drive, so I don't know how good the SATA drivers are or if the on-board RAID (0 or 1) will work.
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Keywords:
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VIA KT600 VT8237
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE
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Chipset:
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VIA KT600 northbridge, VIA VT8237 southbridge
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Connection Type:
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Parallel, Serial, USB 2.0, Ultra DMA 133, Serial ATA, S/PDIF out
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04-08-2004, 09:21 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $66.00 | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.25-1-386
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Debian Sarge beta3 (netinst ISO)
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On-board sound chip was not detected by the installer, but this may be due to the limited nature of the netinst ISO. See http://alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?module=via82xx for ALSA support of the chipset. Please note, I have *not* followed the instructions on that page (yet).
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10-11-2004, 04:19 PM
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#2
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,509
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
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Kernel (uname -r):
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suse 2.6.5-7-108 debian 2.6.8.1-k7.
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Distribution:
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suse debian
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Hi,
So, as this review is abr-2004, I'd like to know how does it goes today. I'm considering a KV7 purchase.
Did you install any sata device on it?
Thanks!
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10-13-2004, 08:19 AM
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#3
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Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
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No, not yet. No need to, really.
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07-18-2005, 09:23 AM
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#4
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Registered: Apr 2005
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 142
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $44.00 | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.11.11
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Gentoo 2005.0
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Had some odd problems at first, but I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version and not had any problems since then. Gentoo 2005.0 detected all onboard stuff fine.
I have the SATA working with no problems, but only a single drive, so I don't know about the RAID feature.
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