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Installation of Arch x86_64 on nVidia 8200, 8300, 780a or AMD 780G chipsets.
Has anyone installed Arch x86_64 successfully on motherboards with the above chipsets, and the disk controllers in SATA AHCI mode?
I am thinking of bying one and put a Phenom B3 stepping 9x50 on it.
Also about ethernet interfaces:
Most of the above motherboards either have a Realtek 8111 PCI-e interface, or use the nVidia chipset one with an Atheros PHY.
Are the above supported?
And regarding the Atheros PHY, what does that mean?
I am going to use the nVidia forcedeth module or the Atheros one?
PS: I am also going to get 8GB of RAM.
I think this would not be a problem because x86_64 has a flat memory model. Is that correct?
PS2: Regarding Phenom:
Does the existing powernow-k8 supports it, for CPU throttling with cpufreq?
Last edited by wantilles (2008-04-20 13:56:18)
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I have an AMD 64x2 6000+ processor, AMD Chipset Motherboard, Realtek ethernet card (inbuilt), and a 512MB GeForce 8500 GT graphic card.
Installation of the OS was a breeze.
Installation of X was straightforward, and had no problems at all with nVidia drivers or the ethernet card.
Hope this helps.
AMD dual core 64x2 6000+
512MB Nvidia GeForce 8500GT
1 GB RAM
480GB Hard disk capacity
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