[plug] Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R

[Kev]

Patrick Coleman wrote:
> On 8/26/07, Chris Watt <something.rotten at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I'm looking at this MoBo with a Celeron D processor to turn it into a
>> NAS box for a system I am working on.  Does anyone know if the built
>> in RAID is going to be satisfactory for running under linux?
>>     
>
> I had huge problems with the onboard SATA on a Gigabyte board
> recently, though it was a NForce5 chipset which I believe was the
> issue. Switching to an NForce4 board fixed the problem, though then
> the networking stopped working.
>
> I'd steer clear of Linux on NForce in general based on that
> experience. I didn't however see any reason to think that the Gigabyte
> board itself was the issue.
>   

I've settled on nothing but nForce chipsets for linux, simply because my 
mileage has been flawless.  I won't use any video except nVidia for the 
same reason.  Methinks the trouble just might be elsewhere.  I might be 
wrong, but at least /I've/ never had a moment's hassle with various 
nForce chipsets.
> PCI SATA cards are relatively cheap these days, so you can always try
> one of them as a fallback if the onboard doesn't work.
>
> I probably wouldn't try using the onboard RAID functionality - it's
> going to be cheap and nasty, so you're much more likely to get good
> results using the SATA devices and Linux software RAID.
>   
Cheers from sunny Galway, Ireland
Kev

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