Is foxconn motherboard compatible with any Linux Operating System'? Please help me.... tnx...

Nowadays most sound cards and ethernet cards which are on board are well supported
The cpu will be compatible of course.

I know my post doesn't help you but i can't give you any specific information unless you mention which model is that
"foxconn motherboard" doesn't help me.

Better than model number would be checking compenent by component.

Processor: All will be Compatible
Chipset: All will be Compatible
USB Controller: Pretty much will be, modern ones, all should be

HD Controller: ?
Onboard Audio: ?
Onboard Lan: ?
Onboard Video: ?
Other components(Like wifi, 1394, other possible extensions): ?

Yes
That is why i wanted the model number. So that i can browse the foxconn website and see which chipsets does the motherboard use
for each component (audio etc)

ei imitheos thanks for your response. Here's the motherboard model Foxconn 661FX4 Sis661. We're planning to install a ubuntu linux. Is it compatible'?

Huh? Did the rest of us miss something here?

Later

You should have posted this message in your other thread >
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=377646

Ask a moderator to remove this thread, and you can post this in the other thread...

Mod note: the 2 threads have been merged

I had a hard time finding that manufacturer's website, then could
not find the products. I finally got it from a review on Overclocker's.

[opinion]
We aren't using those motherboards in China very much. There
are some brands made in China, but they're generally considered
of cheap quality. I'd check this one very thoroughly before I made
the decision to purchase it. For example, in August I was sold an
ASRock mobo, as sort of a trial. It didn't have the same quality as
the Asus boards I usually use, so I exchanged it.
[/opinion]

Now, can you give us the specific board from this link ?
If so, I'll help you with your hardware questions, but there are at
least 3 different SiS661FX chipset boards.

From what it says here (http://www.foxconnchannel.com/produc...me=661FX4MR-ES)
this is a socket-478 pentium4 motherboard so it is rather old. My first guess is that everything is well supported.

It doesn't mention many things in the website, so i will try to explain whatever i can.

Processor+Chipset+Memory => Of course it is supported

Graphics => All graphics cards are supported in 2d mode by the X server and some are supported in 3d mode
Generally Nvidia cards have better drivers (and easier to install)

Audio (Integrated Realtek AC97) => Supported

LAN (It doesn't mention what chipset it uses) => i guess it is supported since almost any integrated ethernet card is
but i can't say for sure. The fact that this isn't cutting_edge_just_has_been_released_to_the_selves motherboard strongly
suggests that it is supported.

USB => almost every usb controller complies with UHCI/OHCI (for 1.1) and EHCI (for 2.0) so it is supported

I don't know what else component are you interested in

FWIW, Foxconn makes Intel's motherboards (as well as any other "manufacturers"' motherboards) and their own brand of motherboard is quite reliable. Secondly: providing the chipset is well-supported (e.g., you don't have the bleeding-edge Intel 945 chipsets) Linux will run very well on Foxconn motherboards.

aya_catseye,

You really should have provided us w/ a link to the mobo in your OP. That would have saved imitheos the trouble of doing your leg(finger?)work for you. It also would have forced you to provide the model # from the beginning, & thus avoided cluttering this thread w/ the counter questions. As a fringe benefit to you, it would have gotten your Q answered faster.

BTW, Ubuntu has a "Live CD" version, why didn't you just try booting that & seeing what happened?