Motherboard compatibility - AMD, Intel

[Fernando Gomes]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:39 PM, laurent.bellegarde
<laurent.bellegarde at free.fr> wrote:
> Hi Fernando
>
> I'm a bit suprised about your troubles.
>
> Here, all the team have never met a AMD based motherboard, and more an
> Athlon64 x2 one which wasn't working with Ubuntu Studio !!!
>
> What is exactly your problem ?
>
> I'm sure there is a solution to fix...
>
> Does your computer work with a live Ubuntu CD ?
>
> You can install Ubuntu with a live CD and then upgrade your hard disk
> installation by using Internet and asking for all Ubuntu studio packages.
>
> For material, few things,
>
> The best motherboards are Asus and MSI.
>
> Asrock is a trademark of Asus, but with lower quality, usually, not very
> solid.
>
> Celeron even in dual core, are very very slower than AMD Athlon 64 x2
> processors for multimedia uses under GNU/Linux...
>
> If you still want to buy and Intel plateform, you should take a
> motherboard from ASUS + Core2 Duo or better.
>
> The best quality/performances/price is AMD.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Laurent
> lprod.org
>
> Le 26/04/2010 13:14, Fernando Gomes a écrit :

Hi Laurent

Thanks for your answer! The PC I'm trying to use has an MSI
motherboard, I'll check its model and the processor installed
tomorrow. Since there is a final ubuntu 10.04 version now, I'll try to
install it and if it works I'll then install the ubuntustudio packages
as you suggested. With previous ubuntustudio versions there were
lockups during boot if using the realtime kernel. I have best results
downloading the standard kernel, applying the rt patch to it, compile
it and install it, but also had some stability issues (some freezes
from time to time). I'll try with this new version and I'll let you
know

Best regards

Fernando


>> Hello all!
>>
>> I've changed my system due to compatibility problems with
>> ubuntustudio, but still have similar problems with the new one. Both
>> have Athlon 64 x2 processors, one has a MSI motherboard, other an
>> Elite motherboard. With the current 10.04 release (not final) I have
>> also similar problems (it doesn't even boot this time, after
>> installing the OS). I remember a previous discussion recommending the
>> use of Intel processors. So it seems I have to change my motherboard
>> and CPU again, now for an Intel :-(
>>
>> What are your recommendations for an inexpensive Intel based
>> configuration, able to run Ubuntustudio? It must be inexpensive, it
>> will be my third motherboard and CPU for my homestudio, if it isn't
>> inexpensive my wife will kill me :-)
>>
>> I've saw some inexpensive motherboard+cpu bundles, with an ASROCK
>> G31M-S motherboard and an Intel E3300 CPU, do you think this dual core
>> celeron has enough power to have some realtime effects running well
>> (p.e. rackarrack)? And with this hardware should I expect some
>> compatibility issues with ubuntustudio?
>>
>> Thanks and best regards
>>
>> Fernando
>>
>>
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