Anyone use RedHat 7.3 on this ECS K7VTA3 ver.6 motherboard?

[ahq2001]

Hi, All:

I'll like to run Redhat 7.3 because it seems have less trouble in installing EDA tools. I found Fry's have this AMD XP2500+ ECS K7VTA3 (ver.6) combo for a very good price. (Cheaper than buying the CPU alone).
Had anyone install ReHat 7.3 straight from the cdrom (without kernel compiling, tweaking...) successfully?

I don't mind if the onboard usb, ethernet, sound,DMA66... were not supported. I only care if it can run RH7.3/Ic_5 with a plain old graphic card, 1G DDR ram, and 5200rpm 80G HD.

Please let me know if you have any positive/negative opinions about this combo... Any suggestion to other cheap motherboard is welcomed.

Thanks.

Q

 

[Guest]

Re: Anyone use RedHat 7.3 on this ECS K7VTA3 ver.6 motherboa

I have Mandrake 9.2 running on the K7VTA3. Mine is also a Fry's combo deal No problems running cadence verilog-xl, novas debussy, xilinx ise, etc. In fact, no problems at all. The onboard network, audio, and usb 2.0 are supported. I haven't tweaked or recompiled the kernel.

I think it's a great combo deal considering how inexpensive it is. The motherboard is essentially "free" I'm happy with it.

ECS isn't known for quality, but if you have problems with the board, Fry's has a 30 day return policy (however, only 15 days for CPU).