Re: Experience With Intel D815EEAL MotherBoard

["Jay Meltzer" <jm golem net>]

John
As far as I know the D815EEAL supports a maximum 512 MB of 133-MHz SDRAM.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Summerfield" <summer@os2.ami.com.au>
To: <guinness-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Experience With Intel D815EEAL MotherBoard


> > I am contemplating building a new machine to support a RedHad 7.0 OS
with an
> > Intel D815EEAL mother board and a Pentium III 800 . The board is based
on
> > the Intel 815E chipset. As I am new to Linux, I'd like to minimize
> > configuration issues. Although the compatibility list does have the
Pentium
> > III, I didn't see anything on this board or the 815E chipset.
> >
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> How much RAM does it support?
>
>
> >
> > PS I just built an ABIT KT7A Raid system (already loaded with a MS OS)
and
> > was also contemplating using this type of mobo (w/o RAID), but am
concerned
> > about via chipset and Highpoint compatibility issues,so the I'm thinking
> > intel might be a smarter choice?
>
> HPT366 is supported in 2.4 kernels. While some (notably Mike who's been
silent
> recently) are not happy with VIA, others are.
>
> If you want more bang for the buck, or just more bang, Athlon processors
are
> current top of the heap.
>
> My top machines currently run K6-2/500 and Pentium II/233 CPUs and have,
> respectively, 128 and 192 Mbytes of RAM. I suspect that equally
well-balanced
> systems with Ghz processors would need more RAM than the Intel chipset
> supports.
>
> I might not install more on a new system, but I would like the headroom in
> case I need it later.
> --
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
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