I have the same chipset with same problems. However, i think if you can get
a pci ide controller that works with linux, you can get rid of the onboard
ide, maybe that'll help
Travis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen L. Thomas" <elgato@gte.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:15 AM
Subject: [SLUG] RE: southbridge
> I can't take the machine back because I built it. I did double check the
> power supply with AMD and made sure I got what they recommeded. I also
> bought the motherboard to go with the AMD Duron chip. (all information
> came from the AMD web site). I then double checked that information with
> the recommnedation from FIC the maker of the mother board. I have two
hard
> drives on the same IDE channel, one as master and one as slave, with the
> cdrom and zip drive on the second channel with cdrom as master and zip as
> slave. I download files to the zip disk and then install from
> there. Maybe that's the problem. I did have a friend of mine who builds
> machines for a living check out my setup and he didn't find a problem.
> I am beginning to think that my Western Digital HD is the real
> culprit. I installed a new drive at the same time as changing the
> motherboard and cpu, (added more ram, used existing video board and
> existing modem). Someone had mentioned that western digital sometimes has
> a problem with linux. Going to have to check my email for that.
> Thanks for the advice. I think I'll have my friend double check
> it. (he's not familiar with linux, just winblows). Thanks again. I'll
> let you know what I find out.
>
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