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GIGBYTE GA-8SIMLH mobo :-(


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has anyone had experience with one of these?

GIGBYTE GA-8SIMLH

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Produc...s_GA-8SIMLH.htm

 

I've been trying for days to get any sort of linux on it :cry: but nothing works :angry:

I read here that it works with the 2.2 kernel :unsure: whats up with that?

 

can anyone help?

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Hey, we have new emoticons and nobody told me about it? That's not fair.

 

you could have clicked the more emoticons link whenever you post a reply or compose a new post. :P

 

but i also did not know it until this thread.

 

and i posted here to heckle paul one more time. its too good to let it pass. :twisted:

 

ciao!

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Anyway, Paul, what is exactly the problem? You cannot get it to install or just a problem with some particular hardware? I know I cannot get my NForce2 MB to install in SuSE 8.2 unless I use the safe mode of installation (which passes noapic and nodma line into the boot).

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it seems to be a problem with APIC acpi or both :-(

 

linux boots ... installs, but none of the pci cards works (including onboard lan) ... the onboard lan is Realtek 8100L but is detected as 8139too

if I disable the onboard lan and put in a network card (I've tried a davicom tulip based card and a proven 8139 realtek) the cards in the pci bus don't work either :unsure:

 

infact ifconfig reports the mac address as 00:00:00:00 :shock:

very spooky :!:

 

I cannot figure out how to turn off acpi or APIC in the bios, and altho' I pass pci=noacpi APIC=no .. the kernel still loads acpi and apic stuff :evil:

 

I really don't want to resort to winblows :-( I'm a windows free home so far :wub: and would like to stay that way

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I pass pci=noacpi APIC=no .. the kernel still loads acpi and apic stuff  :evil:
isn't it supposed to be noapic and acpi=no :?: remember ACPI and acpi aren't the same (CAPS, no caps) :mystismiles:
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