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Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:16:41 PDT7
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: motherboard selection

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DAVID ROSE wrote:

>...hi...first thanx for the info....i'am only passably
>proficient on os/2...is there any os2 webb site that
>lists the mb north/south bridge support chipset that
>os/2 is compatible with...
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I am not familiar with any. Maybe someone else might be. You might
join the OS2Hardware mailing list on Yahoo. That question comes up all
the time and several recommendations are usually made. I could name
some brands but without the model - not all boards from a manufacture
work well - it would not be much help. I only know the board I'm
using. All of the other computers that I have built were AT style.
This is the first one that is ATX.

> do you recommend that i
>choose a mb with onboard sound & net nic or graphics
>chips.... tia dave rose
>
My usual recommendation is no on-board stuff. Mainly because there is a
possibility that a unit may go bad and it takes the board with it.
Meaning that part can't be isolated by the BIOS and the board now in
unusable. I don't know how much of a risk that is though. This is my
first MB with on-board anything so I don't have much experience on the
matter yet.

On the other hand if there are drivers then on-board items mean less
outlay at the outset. If and improved technology becomes popular (such
as all NICs becomming 1Gb) simply turn off the on-board unit and install
an expansion unit.

Sheridan

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