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8
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37084
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05-26-2005
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88% of reviewers
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$95.00
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6.9
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Description:
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this is the msi nforce2 ultra 400 motherboard w/ onboard sound and neetwork.
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Keywords:
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Nforce2 Motherboard
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unkn
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Chipset:
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nforce2 ultra 400
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atx
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03-28-2004, 04:07 PM
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#1
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Registered: Jul 2001
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0
Posts: 51
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.3.4mdk
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Mandrake 10.0
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nforce2 chipset has problems with the sound but everything else seems to work fine. I'm still working on the sound, the Nvidia site has not yet got pre-built rpms for Mandrake 10.0 for this chipset.
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05-10-2004, 01:03 AM
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#2
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Registered: May 2004
Posts: 15
Rep: 
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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): $80.00 | Rating: 1
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Kernel (uname -r):
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???
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Mandrake 10.0 Community
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I am quite the newbie with Linux, I used some of Mandrake 9.2 in the last years but I didn't spend enough time there. Now I got my new machine with MSI K7N2 Delta-L mobo and Athlon 2600+ Barton CPU and I get error messages when trying to install Mandrake 10 or run MandrakeMove mobile linux distro (9.2 on a CD). MSI says that the motherboard is compatible with Windows but doesn't say much with regards to Linux, but Nvidia posted the drivers for nForce2 at their site so it should work!!! But when trying to install I get this weird messages that it cannot access the HDD's or the partitions... what can I do?????
THANKS!!!
Martin
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05-18-2004, 02:59 PM
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#3
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Registered: Oct 2003
Distribution: OpenSUSE 10.0
Posts: 26
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.3-4mdk
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MAndrake 10.0
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06-16-2004, 11:38 AM
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#4
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Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: Slackware Current
Posts: 46
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.24
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slackware 9.1
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I had some problems with the onboard sound, but after I put in an audigy and shut it off, the board runs beautifully with linux. I have a Barton 2800+ on it with 512 MB of Corsair TwinX 2700 CAS2 LL DDR. Great performance, and rock solid stability. Highly recommend this board unless you want to use the onboard sound, which seems to be more trouble than it is worth.
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07-23-2004, 11:47 PM
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#5
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Gentoo Linux
Posts: 14
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 6
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-rc1
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Gentoo Linux
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I do not use onboard sound and video, but I do use everything else (USB). Along with AMD Athlon 3000+ XP, the motherboard works fine.
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09-05-2004, 08:54 PM
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#6
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: debian sid, ubuntu 5.10
Posts: 9
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 7
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.19
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SuSE 9.0
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Besides the popping with the audio, everything worked right out of the box.
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05-07-2005, 03:43 PM
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#7
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Registered: Jan 2005
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 9
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 7
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-24.11.2-default
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SuSE 9.2
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The only distro that works out of the box is SuSE 9.2.
Most others have problems with the sound chip:
Knoppix 3.8 is fine except for sound.
Debian 3.? didnt like the video but I didnt bother trying it with the proprietary nvidia drivers so maybe that would have worked.
Ubuntu 4.10 liveCD works except for sound - an earlier warthog didnt pick up video.
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05-26-2005, 08:54 PM
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#8
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Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 7
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.11.9
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Gentoo (also used Fedora 2/3)
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Initially had some random lockup issues, but I think this was memory more than the board itself.
Works fine with linux with my 1800+ XP and 512mb ram, Geforxe2 MX (I know, needs an upgrade, but I dont game on this box so no rush) - the sound and networking onboard are supported by the kernel, so no need to worry about nvidia drivers, though those also work.
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