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Asus M2NPV-VM
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4 55685 10-25-2008
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100% of reviewers None indicated 9.3



Description: - AMD Live!™ Ready
- NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- PCI Express architecture
- Integrated GeForce6 GPU
- Dual VGA Ouput: DVI-D & RGB
- HDTV out interface (HDTV/AV/S output module was bundled)
- 2 x 1394a Support

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...101&l3=296
Keywords: Motherboard AMD AM2 SATA-II Sata PCIx PCIe PCI-E
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridg e (rev a2)
0000:00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
0000:00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
0000:00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridg e (rev a2)
0000:00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
0000:00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
0000:00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Hyp erTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Add ress Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRA M Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Mis cellaneous Control
0000:04:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
0000:04:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10 )
Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430


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Old 01-14-2007, 10:23 AM   #1
Iltbreg
 
Registered: Feb 2006
Distribution: Fedora, Mandriva
Posts: 191

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.17-5mdv
Distribution: Mandriva Powerpack 2007



I already have a thread in the forun on that subject.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=499929

The hard part here is to find a distro that is working without flaws. From personnal experience, FC5, FC6 and Ubutu 6.10 all have problems of hardware recognition that make their use very annoying. I don't know about the free verison but Mandriva Discovery and Powerpack 2007 both work flawlessly. I haven't tried any other linux distro besides those I've mentioned.

However, once the right distro is found, I must say that the product is great. It's powerful and fast and it's cool to be able to activate the 3D effects.
 
Old 04-15-2007, 02:25 AM   #2
MasterC
 
Registered: Mar 2002
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu
Posts: 12,611

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.20-gentoo-r5
Distribution: Gentoo


Though this info above is for Gentoo, I've also tested this board on FC5, FC6 and Ubuntu. This board is an EXCELLENT choice for a nice HTPC. Combined with an AMD64 3200, you have a High Def capable box for a relatively cheap price tag (without actually having to use XvMC to offload the hardware!). The CPU is powerful enough to do software decoding, and with the latest 9xxx series of proprietary Nvidia drivers, everything is very smooth and nice to use. With digital audio as an additional option, this makes a great dedicated frontend/backend combo for a MythTV setup.

Cool
 
Old 07-16-2007, 08:54 AM   #3
jctaborda
 
Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: vectorlinux
Posts: 2

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18-4-k7
Distribution: Debian etch i386


The board is excellent, the only problem that I had was with the sound.
searching the web I found that the solution to the problem was to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and to the end of the file add options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack.
After that everything worked fine
 
Old 10-25-2008, 04:19 PM   #4
allen9013
 
Registered: Aug 2007
Posts: 1

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r):
Distribution: Xandros 4 Professional and Windows XP


About a year ago I built two identical machines using this motherboard -- a Xandros linux machine and a Windows PC for those programs that I can not duplicate in Linux and need to have available for use in my business.

The two machines have identical hardware (I chose my hardware after a lot of research, then simply ordered "two of each." And to my pleasant surprise, the Xandros machine is a lot faster and much more dependable. The AMD Athalon 64X2 6000+ running WD Raptor drives and using 4 gigs of ram each is not only quick, but the Xandros rapidly outruns the XP machine. The all nVidia chipset and video card plus the AMD processor is a great combination I would highly recommend. And the Xandros recognizes, loads the right drivers and uses all of the hardware -- from my "ancient" HP 4000 printer that is a like a Clydesdale workhorse that just keeps putting out the work to the NEW Samsung 24 inch monitor I purchased this past (2007) Christmas season!

If you are looking for a good board, search out one of these!
 




  



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