PerryBoy
02-08-2000, 11:12 AM
Right now I have a compaq 5070, here are the specs:
AMD K6 350
192mb pc100 ram
onboard ESS Solo sound card
Voodoo3 3000 PCI
onboard SiS 530 video card ( disabled )
2 4gig hard drive
Ricoh MP7040A CDR-W
AZT 4029 Modem ISA
3Com 3C900B Combo NIC PCI
Here are my extra stuff:
SoundBlaster Live sound card
LinkSys NIC
40x CD-ROM
My problem is that Win98 runs fine and detects all my stuff but WinNT and Linux cant. What I want to do is buy another mobo ( with case and power supply ), preferrably one that comes with an AMD 600-700 cpu. I can then take the Voodoo card, 3Com NIC, Ricoh CDR-W, one of the 2 4gig hd, and 2 64megs RAM from the Compaq 5070 and build a whole new system. So hopefully the new system will have:
A new motherboard with AMD CPU
Voodoo3 3000 PCI
SoundBlaster PCI
3Com NIC PCI
3Com Modem ( will buy )
128meg pc100 RAM
Ricoh CDR-W
4gig Seagate HD
3.5 Floppy ( will buy or steal from work > http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
So I guess my question is what's a good motherboard that's compatible with Win98, NT and Linux, and is also compatible with all my existing stuff. I want linux to be my primary OS so it's important that it'll run fine and will detect all devices on the mobo. I'll need the price range and the place/site to get them from. Thanks in advance!
AMD K6 350
192mb pc100 ram
onboard ESS Solo sound card
Voodoo3 3000 PCI
onboard SiS 530 video card ( disabled )
2 4gig hard drive
Ricoh MP7040A CDR-W
AZT 4029 Modem ISA
3Com 3C900B Combo NIC PCI
Here are my extra stuff:
SoundBlaster Live sound card
LinkSys NIC
40x CD-ROM
My problem is that Win98 runs fine and detects all my stuff but WinNT and Linux cant. What I want to do is buy another mobo ( with case and power supply ), preferrably one that comes with an AMD 600-700 cpu. I can then take the Voodoo card, 3Com NIC, Ricoh CDR-W, one of the 2 4gig hd, and 2 64megs RAM from the Compaq 5070 and build a whole new system. So hopefully the new system will have:
A new motherboard with AMD CPU
Voodoo3 3000 PCI
SoundBlaster PCI
3Com NIC PCI
3Com Modem ( will buy )
128meg pc100 RAM
Ricoh CDR-W
4gig Seagate HD
3.5 Floppy ( will buy or steal from work > http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
So I guess my question is what's a good motherboard that's compatible with Win98, NT and Linux, and is also compatible with all my existing stuff. I want linux to be my primary OS so it's important that it'll run fine and will detect all devices on the mobo. I'll need the price range and the place/site to get them from. Thanks in advance!