For the record, those boards have TPM's so if you don't like hardware DRM, then stay away
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Originally posted by Kano View PostUsally it is not a bad thing. And if you don't like it you usally can disable it in BIOS.
Trusted Computing is by far the vilest among those.
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Ram question
I like the look of this Mobo: http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prod...idproduct=4500 that Phoronix reviewed but will it also support DDR2 Ram? Looked a Gigabyte web site but its not clear?
Helen
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Originally posted by helliewm View PostI like the look of this Mobo: http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prod...idproduct=4500 that Phoronix reviewed but will it also support DDR2 Ram? Looked a Gigabyte web site but its not clear?
Helen
You can take a look at it here:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2842
I bought this motherboard and the LGA775's plastic cover says "Foxconn" (maybe they're producing these for Gigabyte?)
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I'm currently using Gigabyte EP45-DS3R on my main computer, with Debian Lenny and Ubuntu Hardy with Intrepid kernel.
The instruction manual about TPM chip tells that with some included Windows software you can use it to encrypt a hard disk partition and unencrypt with a USB memory with the key, instead of typing it, and not loosing performance.
I think that with a good enough computer you will not notice the difference if you are not measuring it with testing software.
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With the Intel ICH10/ICH10R Southbridge a distribution using the Linux 2.6.26 kernel or newer is required. If using an older kernel, the Serial ATA disk controller will not be detected.
My kernel is 2.6.24-19, and the hd is a SATA one. AHCI and native SATA mode are no problem either (while, according to the manual, you'll need to create a floppy disk with the drivers for AHCI - not just for RAID - when installing XP). I didn't try RAID, but I'd use software RAID anyway.
So, at least with Ubuntu, everything works ok (suspend/hibernate with a 7900GS as gfx, sound/network, etc...).
I was expecting everything to work flawlessly anyways :P
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Hi i just purchased this board along with an e8400 and 2gb of ddr3, but i didnt realize it might have only been a ati chipset. the problem is i currently only own an nvidia 8800gt, im running xp pro 32bit, and im curious if the card i have will even work with this board, i saw in the review they used a 9800 with driver issues... can anyone help/clarify?
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