Asus CUSL2-C Mainboard & Linux

[WhoEver]

I am planning on the following system and would like any feedback you
could provide.

Asus CUSL2-c mainboard
P3-700 FC-PGA Chip
256MB Ram
Cheap 4mb AGP Video Card
Western Digital 20gig ATA/100 7200rpm Drive
3 - 3Com 905B Net Cards

RedHat Linux 6.2 for OS

Has anyone had any trials for a system like this.

Thanks
RTS

[Pastor Ron]

Go to www.cusl2.com and read the grief posts. Have you considered the MSI
815EP mobo. I have this mobo and high end components and it has been a major
disappointment. You may find it impossible to overclock because of the "cold
boot issue." and the board is very picky about CPUs and RAM. I had a P3 700E
but could'nt run it clocked in the CUsl2 but it ran at 933Mhz in a friend's
board.
Asus seems to attract an almost religeous following amongst some users who
regard anyone who doubts the quality of their mobos. This post will probably
result in offended cusl2 fans telling us how "this mobo rocks."
Ron
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[Peppi Red]

Just make sure that you get the 815ep chipset and not the early released
CUSL2-C that came with 815e chipset. Most of the people that had problems
with their mobo got the cusl2-c that had the 815e chipset which is basically
a chipset that supports on-board video that is crippled on a CUSL2-C. Don't
just ask them if it has the 815ep but have them look under the green
heatsink on the board because the box that the mobo comes in says 815ep even
on the ones that was shipped with the 815e chipset said the same.

The cold boot on a overclocked CUSL2 does seem to be a problem with most
of these boards. I have my PIII 800 on a CUSL2-C true 815EP Chipset
overclocked to 933 ( I have pushed it up to 1066 but it wasn't stable
because I didn't have good cooling) and I have no problem with the cold boot
problem but I am only overclocked alittle.

Do get branded name brand ram!
And like Bob mentioned, think twice about a cheap agp card when decent AGP
cards are pretty cheap these days.

P.S. This is my first ASUS board so I'm not a religious follower of ASUS.

"Bob Adkins" <bo...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 13:46:11 GMT, "Pastor Ron" <ron....@virgin.net>
wrote:

>
>
> >Asus seems to attract an almost religeous following amongst some users
who
> >regard anyone who doubts the quality of their mobos. This post will
probably
> >result in offended cusl2 fans telling us how "this mobo rocks."
>

> Have you tried quality components? Asus is a high end board, and it
doesn't
> make sense to buy one unless you intend to use high end (or at least
decent)
> components.
>
> To the Rev:
>
> Better think twice on that cheap video card. Better get one that Red Hat
> knows unless you are very good at figuring out hardware. It's best to look
> up a list of known compatible hardware. You can get an nVidia 16 Mb card
for
> $50, so why even mess with a 4 megger?
>
> "From the Heart of Cajun Country".
>
> Bob

[Peppi Red]

LOL Bob...

"Bob Adkins" <bo...@mindspring.com> wrote in message

> I know it sounds like I'm a whore or something,

[Richard Musil]

If you want to go with cheap AGP video, why then you do not take CUSL2 (with
integrated video) instead? You will save yourself of additional hassle with
cheap video card.

--
Richard Musil