VIA motherboards, was Re: [plug] DVD and IDE problem fixer for new mobos

[John Knight]

> John Knight wrote:
> > My mobo is the ever so catchy named WinFast K8M890M2MA. If it aint 
> > broke, don't fix it, but with new kernels from the last few months, 
> > these features are actually starting to be used but not always good 
> > results. I'd say it's not just my mobo.
> 
> There are many motherboards, but few chipsets.
> That one is a VIA.
> Isn't that considered a bad idea for linux?

What, using VIA you mean? Not really. Since I've disabled it though, I've *finally* got a system that feels the way that it used to. Divxing on one desktop, compiling on another, Firefox on desktop two and Amarok pounding away on desktop one - all without crashing! All hail excessive computing! :D

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