From: "warp4dennis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:51:02 +0100
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: My experience
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Ed:
The fact that eCS is weak in supporting onboard accessories such HDA and 
LAN influenced my choice for a MB
with so many PCI slots.   I have tried on several different occasions to 
make use of the built in LAN connection with eCS
but the lack of a suitable driver made it necessary for me to use a PCI 
card.
Audio with eCS is a hit and miss proposition which probably means I will 
need to buy yet another PCI or PCI-E card, I haven't decided.
Then I have a Capture board and a Promise Host adapter. 
Good thing I've been able to keep my desires under control!

Thomas

Ed Durrant wrote:
> warp4dennis wrote:
>> Hi:
>> FYI:  I'm not one who has got to have the newest 'what-ever'.  It may 
>> have something to do with being from
>> a not very well off family when growing up.  I was taught how to save 
>> by buying at discount stores.  My mother
>> would sew material from my old cloths on those spots that were 
>> subject to wear so I could get more mileage out of
>> vthe 'new'.
>> And this has stayed with me through the years.  Even with the PC.
>> Why by a whole PC when a new MB will do.
>> For many months now I have noticed that MBs which use an AMD 
>> processor are being replaced with others that  have newer chip sets 
>> and CPU socket, so I put off buying a newer MB basically because 
>> there were never enough
>> PCI  slots.   Most come with only 2, some with 3.   That was until a 
>> couple of weeks ago.
>> Gigabyte advertised on the Internet a new MB that has 4 PCI slots and 
>> is  AM2+ compatible.
>> So I bought one. What I since found out is I am not able to use Win2k 
>> with this MB.  The BIOS does not support Win2k. I have kept using 
>> Win2k because I have found that Win2k gives me a whole lot less gray 
>> hair.  Since the beginning
>> of the year I have been using XP as my main OS and Win2k as backup.  
>> I would have preferred to keep it that way,
>> but the 'Spirits' are against it.
>> I also bought a different Video card.  A newer one that has some more 
>> 'oompf' for writing letters (ha, ha, ha).
>> And this new Video card also has no driver for Win2k so the desktop 
>> is shown at 640 X 480 pixels.
>> Another thing I noticed with the newer MBs, there  is only one IDE 
>> connection which makes it necessary for me to start using the SATA 
>> connectors and cable.
>> So because of progress it has become necessary for me to gut my PC 
>> and replace the MB, two DVDs, three HDDs and a
>> Video card in order for me to keep from being shut out.
>> For you who are interested here is what I have in my PC or soon will be.
>> MB: Gigabyte GA-M720-US3
>> Video Card:  Sapphire Ultimate Radeon HD 4670
>> DVDs:  One Plextor PX 820a and one Samsung SH - S202n
>> HDDs:  Two Samsung HD322HJ and One HD400LD.
>> The Samsung HDDs are wisper quiet and so are the DVDs.
>> I have only two fans for cooling.  One for the CPU and one for the 
>> Power Supply which are very quiet.  When they are
>> at work it is hard for me to tell even with one of the covers removed.
>> I just thought somebody out there would want to know.
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>>
> Hi Thomas,
>
>  I also noticed the change in new motherboard specs recemtly. They now 
> come with more SATA connectors and as you say only one EIDE PATA 
> connector (intended, I think for the DVD drive, so now that SATA DVD 
> Burners exist, I suspect that will go soon as well).
>
>  Gigabyte have released several new boards and I'm not a gamer I tend 
> to look at the lower end boards with as many things as possible 
> integrated - the one I am considering at the moment is the Gigabyte 
> GA-MA770-UD3. What is common across several new boards from both 
> Gigabyte and ASUS and others is the use of the HD Audio chipset from 
> Realtek, the ALC888 and the Gb NIC also from Realtek the 8111C chip. I 
> think these perhaps should be the next target for support as they 
> appear to be coming the standard on the cheaper boards.
>
>  I would hope we could get the 8111C supported under Genmac, perhaps 
> initially in the "unsupported mode" but I wonder if the HD version of 
> Uniaud will support the audio chipset? Most of these boards have 
> onboard video as well however they also have a PCI-E X16 slot so its 
> probably best to grab whichever (older) card that has SNAP support and 
> add it in. Panorama may be able to support the onboard video depending 
> what it is but an add-in card for the video would normally be the 
> better solution and it uses a slot you cant use for another adapter in 
> any case.
>
> Cheers/2
>
> Ed.
>>
>
>
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