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soltek SL-B7AF
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Description: Barebone system based on the SL-B7A-F motherboard. AMD Socket 462, nVIDIA nForce2 IGP + MCP-T. Integrated geforce 4mx
Keywords: qbic EQ3705 barebone nForce2
Chipset: nForce2 IGP + MCP-T


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Old 08-11-2004, 12:57 PM   #1
rokka
 
Registered: Feb 2004
Distribution: Ubuntu, debian
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Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.3-7mdk
Distribution: Mandrake 10



It just works!
 
Old 09-12-2004, 12:48 AM   #2
MartinN
 
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Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.5-1.358 and 2.6.8-1.521
Distribution: Fedora Core 2


I have a QBIC EQ3702 (same motherboard as the 3705 but with a different PSU I believe).

There is a problem with some of the update kernels. The kernel supplied with the distribution works, as does the current updated kernel, but some of the kernels in between don't (the 2.6.6 ones). This is a known problem with the nForce chipset. It shows itself as a warning about IRQ11 being disabled during startup. After that USB and the NIC don't work. This problem is random and shows itself about every second boot. It's however easily solved by upgrading to a 2.6.8 kernel.

The NVIDIA drivers for the integrated video works too. Get the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106 package and follow the instructions.

The mobo has support for dual-head (two monitors), but I haven't tried that.

Martin
 




  



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