Fried motherboard replacement?

[frogman]

Well, I can second Abit boards under Linux.  At work, it's standard
practise to test new hardware with knoppix - general stuff usually just
works.  It's the new stuff (especially the cheap new stuff) that throws
up problems - that and half-arsed binary drivers compiled against
specific kernels.

Re Compaq laptops: 9010, 9005 and 9105's all work well under Linux, but
HP customer / technical support is appalling - there are better laptops
with clueful tech support and responsive customer service.


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frogman