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Abit ABIT KN9 ULTRA Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
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4 68056 07-04-2007
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100% of reviewers $110.00 9.0



Description: Processor

* Supports Socket AM2 Processor with 2GHz system bus using Hyper Transport™ Technology
* Supports AMD CPU Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

Chipset

* NVIDIA MCP55-Ultra single chip
* NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet

Memory

* Four 240-pin DIMM sockets
* Supports Dual channel DDR2 800 ECC/non-ECC, Un-buffered memory
* Supports maximum memory capacity up to 8GB

Graphics

* Use PCI-E Expansion slot

SATA 3Gb/s RAID

* Supports 6 ports NV SATA 3Gb/s RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD

IEEE 1394

* Supports IEEE1394a at 400 Mb/s transfer rate

ABIT Engineered

* ABIT CPU ThermalGuard™ Technology
* ABIT SoftMenu™ Technology
* ABIT Silent OTES

Audio

* On board 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC (ALC883)
* Supports auto jack sensing and optical S/PDIF Out

Dual GbE LAN

* Dual NVIDIA® Gigabit Ethernet

Internal I/O Connectors

* 1 x PCI Express x16, 2 x PCI Express x1, 3 x PCI slots
* 1 x Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB
* 4 x SATA connectors, 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 Connector
* 3 x USB 2.0 headers, 1 x FP-Audio header, 1 x CD-IN
* 2 x IEEE1394 header

Back Panel I/O

* 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
* 1 x S/PDIF Out
* 1 x Audio connector (Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in, Center/Subwoofer, Rear Surround, Side Surround)
* 4 x USB connectors, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector

RoHS

* RoHS Compliancy

Miscellaneous

* ATX form factor 305 x 245m
* PCB Color: Orange

Info from Abit product page: http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...&model=316
Keywords: AM2 motherboard nvidia
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:09.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP


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Old 02-03-2007, 08:28 PM   #1
tmillard
 
Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 74

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $110.00 | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18-gentoo-r6
Distribution: Gentoo



SATA, gigbit-ethernet and sound work. I'm having troubles with the fan speed controls and such.
 
Old 04-30-2007, 06:09 PM   #2
Tomcat1965
 
Registered: Jun 2006
Distribution: Mandriva 2008
Posts: 14

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.17-13mdvlegacy
Distribution: Mandriva Spring (2007.1)


There was a bios update Jan 2007 that fixed a few linux issues. Update the bios or you may experience crashes.
I have no fans peed issues with this board but I did flash the bios first due to reading this post:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/3750
 
Old 05-09-2007, 01:55 PM   #3
Seagull
 
Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: SuSE 10.0 SuSE 10.2
Posts: 70

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18.8-0.3-default
Distribution: SuSE 10.2


Works like a dream
 
Old 07-04-2007, 10:27 PM   #4
wireisetc
 
Registered: Mar 2007
Distribution: openSUSE 11.2
Posts: 4

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18.8-0.3-default
Distribution: Suse 10.2


Two questions:

(1) Have you had any issues with Suse 10.2 and this both with respect to ATAPI related errors? I installed a Plextor 760a ATA burner and have not been able to successfully burn a disc.

(2) How did you upgrade the BIOS? Bootable DOS floppy or CD?

Thanks.

--Eric
 




  



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