Asus Motherboard with NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430

hackmykack · 2006-02-23 09:05:38

Hi Guys,

Was just wondering if anybody could help me out a bit regarding buying a new motherboard.

I was looking at getting the Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard which has the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430 chipset.

Would anybody have any views on using ArchLinux with this board.

Or would I be better off choosing something with a VIA or SIS or ATI chipset.

The reason I like this board is coz :
1) It has On-board graphics
2) There is an official driver with full 3d support

I guess I was looking to hear from people who already have this board or have any experience with installing linux ( actually mainly looking at ArchLinux ) and if there are any gotchas that should serve as showstoppers or the like.

As always, your advice will be greatly appreciated ...

THNX in advance.

Cheers,

hackmykack

johnisevil · 2006-02-23 17:11:15

The main problem I see is the onboard graphics. Then again, since it's an Nvidia based board, check their site and see if their Linux drivers support the onboard video.

hackmykack · 2006-02-24 03:01:58

Hey johnisevil,

Thnx for that.

Just checked out the nvidia site and the Geforce 6150 is listed as supported. So hopefully that should be fine.

I was more worried about the other things such as audio, lan, chipset etc.

Would you have any experience (or anyone for that matter) with installing linux on a board with this chipset.

Cheers,

hackmykack

johnisevil · 2006-02-24 07:05:18

It's not so much Linux specific, but I've read a fair amount of reviews with people complaining of problems with these newer micro-ATX Nvidia based boards. Personally, I'd recommend against them as you can get a fairly cheap motherboard/video card combo that will work much better.

jftaylor21 · 2006-02-25 00:18:22

I don't know about the built in graphics support, but my chaintech motherboard with a nforce4 chipset works perfectly with linux. I don't even have to use nvidia's drivers. I just use the drivers in the kernel. Although I do use the nvidia drivers for my pci express geforce 6200.

hackmykack · 2006-02-26 13:15:02

Hey johnisevil & jftaylor21,

Thnx for that again ....

Have been reading a bit more about the boards with the Nvidia Geforce 6100 / 6150 chipsets and I have to agree ... they seem to be more trouble than they are worth.

jftaylor21 :

Would you mind giving me the Model of your board since you seem to have everything working by default or is it that practically any board with that chipset will work just fine.

Cheers,

hackmykack

johnisevil · 2006-02-26 18:04:43

With the system I'm using, everything works perfectly as well. Here are the specs of my main desktop system:

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400
Motherboard: ASUS A8N5X
Graphics card: Geforce 6600
Storage: 2 80gb Maxtor SATA drives (in RAID1)

Those are the main parts of interest.

hackmykack · 2006-02-27 05:51:53

Hey johnisevil,

Guess UR not so evil after all.

hehehehe

Anyways thnx for the specs and please do forgive the corny reply.

Rgds,

hackmykack

jftaylor21 · 2006-02-28 09:22:28

Sorry for the late reply, Ive been pretty busy.
Well I think that all nvidia chipsets *should* work fine, but here is my model of motherboard:
Chaintech VNF4

Here is what hwd gives me so you know more about the specs:
IDE interface
sata_nv : nVidia Corp.|CK804 Serial ATA Controller
sata_nv : nVidia Corp.|CK804 Serial ATA Controller
amd74xx : nVidia Corp.|CK804 IDE
VGA compatible controller
vesa : nVidia Corp.|GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)
Multimedia audio controller
snd-intel8x0 : nVidia Corp.|CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller
Multimedia controller
saa7134 : Philips Semiconductors|SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder
Memory controller
unknown : nVidia Corp.|CK804 Memory Controller
Host bridge
amd64-agp : Advanced Micro Devices|K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices|K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices|K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
unknown : Advanced Micro Devices|K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
ISA bridge
unknown : nVidia Corp.|CK804 ISA Bridge
PCI bridge
unknown : nVidia Corp.|CK804 PCIE Bridge
unknown : nVidia Corp.|CK804 PCI Bridge
Bridge
forcedeth : nVidia Corp.|Ethernet controller
USB Controller
unknown : nVidia Corp.|CK804 USB Controller
unknown : nVidia Corp.|CK804 USB Controller
SMBus
i2c-nforce2 : nVidia Corp.|CK804 SMBus
USB Human Interface Devices
usbhid : Logitech Inc.|Optical Mouse [/dev/input/mice]
USB Printer
unknown : Lexmark International, Inc.|X74 Printer
USB Hub
hub : Lexmark International, Inc.|X74 Hub
hub : Virtual|Hub
hub : Virtual|Hub
USB Vendor Specific Class
unknown : Lexmark International, Inc.|X74/X75 Scanner
Mouse
msintellips/2 : PS/2 Mouse port [/dev/psaux]

hackmykack · 2006-03-01 08:58:57

Hey jftaylor21,

Thnx again for the hardware specs.

Should make getting a new system much much easier now.

Cheers,

hackmykack

Romashka · 2006-03-15 17:45:09

I'm going to buy ASUS A8N-VM (another choice was ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2, which is cheeper by 6$ but has 24 months warranty instead of 36 for ASUS).
As I understand this motherboard works with standard kernel modules.
So what benefits are from installing nforce package from [extra]?
AFAIK nvsound supports OSS only, for ALSA snd-intel8x0 is needed, other devices are supported by vanilla kernel. So why should I install nforce package?
If someone used nforce-based motherboards - please tell me what the difference between using standard kernel modules and nforce driver from Nvidia.

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#1 2006-02-23 09:05:38

Asus Motherboard with NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430

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