Hi everyone,

I am trying to install Fedora Core 5 on the following system:

ASUS Pundit P1-H1 barebones system that I customized with the following:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
HDD: Western Digital 400GB SATA-2
DVD: Pioneer 16x Dual Layer DVD+/-R/etc.
MEM: 2GB
VID: Sony 20.1" LCD monitor (connected to system via a DVI cable)

NOTE: The full system specs are at the ASUS website - since I am a new poster I can't list it here -- hopefully you can find it...

If not, this is what I pulled from their site:
Product Name and Model P1-PH1
CPU Intel P4 up to 3.8 GHz (Northwood/Prescott)
Socket 775
800/533 MHz

Chipset Chipset: ATI™ Radeon® Xpress 200
Memory 2 x DIMM
Dual DDR2 667/533/400
Support max. 2GB
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI
Graphics Integrated Radeon® X300 based graphics
IDE 1 x ATA 133
S-ATA 1 x SATA I
LAN 10/100 Mbps
Audio * RTL ALC655
* 6 Channel

Dimension (mm) W x H x D 91 x 357 x 275
Drive Bays 1 x 3.5"
1 x 5.25"

Front Panel 1 x CF card reader
1 x 3-in-1 Card Reader
1 x S/PDIF-out
1 x S/PDIF-in
2 x IEEE 1394 (6pin/4pin)
2 x USB 2.0
1 x Microphone
1 x Headphone

Rear Panel 2 x USB 2.0
1 x Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-in
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel Port
1 x Serial Port
1 x D-sub (VGA Out)
1 x DVI-out (VGA Out)
1 x S-Video (TV Out)
1 x Composite (TV Out)
1 x RJ45 LAN

Power Supply 250 W (PFC)
O/S Support Window 2000/XP
Key Features Q-fan Technology
Recocery Pro
AntiVirus Solution
CrashFree BIOS2
Ez Flash BIOS
My Logo2

Note * All specifications are subject to change without notice. Please check with your supplier for exact offers. Products may not be available in all markets.
Accessory CPU Cooler


I went through the first part of the install and I actually believe that the install identified my video card and monitor correctly, but when I tried to launch anaconda, my screen went blank and would not restart.

I rebooted many times and it stayed blank until I did something which I know I should not have done - I unplugged the system and let it sit for a minute. I pulled out the install DVD and (sigh) returned to Windows XP...

Any advice regarding how to get past this point would be greatly appreciated -- I have friends and coworkers who LOVE Linux. I installed RH9 on an old system many moons ago and it was great - but I want to put it on this system if possible...

Thanks in advance!

Jeff Schaffzin
Green Puffin Consulting Group

First thing would be to use textmode install and then cycle tty's during the install and see if there's any useful messages. Lookingat the components it appears the Radeon Xpress 200 driver may be flakey. If that's the case stick with the VESA driver or downgrade Xorg's Radeon Xpress 200 driver. If you by any chance have a FC4 DVD then give that a shot as well.