nforce 3 drivers?

[jason pearl]

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 22:15, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:04:16PM -0700, jason pearl wrote:
> > nope ... if i go to the NV website theres 64 bit graphics drivers but
> > not 64 bit chipset drivers.. 
> > it knows what i have installed theres just not any parameters or
> > something. im not very good with drivers and kernel installation.
> > 
> The reason those drivers do not exist, and are not likely to on the nVidia
> website is because nVidia had some serious stability problems with NForce 3
> initially.  As a result, currently shipping motherboards do not use NF3
> SATA, network, or sound.  These are implemented with additional chips.
> When nVidia does release their 64bit NForce 3 drivers, they will not work
> on existing boards most likely, as it is not nVidia hardware being used.  
> Some distro's do have issue with NF3 drivers for UDMA 133, these are in the
> current Fedora Core 1 kernel.
> 
> For network, most NF3 boards are using either Realtek (r8169 driver works
> well with these) or 3com (sk98 driver, must be downloaded). I am sure there
> area couple of others out there, but those two are the most common.
> 
> Justin
> 
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thanks for the info
yes they are realtek but the ones in the distro dont work so i put an
older realtek card in and that works now i cant get flash installed
because of lib problems

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jason pearl <jpearl24 at cox.net>
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