RE: OT: Want to Build PC for Fedora Use - Hardware Questions Sound Card

From: Jonathan S (lildrummerboy307_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/01/04

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    you shouldn't need a new sound card, but who knows, this is what happend to
    me and my nVidia board no doubt, I installed drivers, and suddenly fedora
    tells me it doesn't support my onboard sound. Lucky for me I had an extra
    old sound blaster lying around, and I used it, but I dont think this is a
    normal thing, just like what you were saying I think it has a lot to do with
    nVidia, and there drivers.

    From: Clint Harshaw <clint@penguinsolutions.org>
    Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    Subject: OT: Want to Build PC for Fedora Use - Hardware Questions
    Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 13:36:22 -0400

    Hi all:

    I'm wanting to try to build my own computer for home/office use with Fedora.
    I would like some help picking out some of the components to ensure that
    I'll have a good experience with the build and that all the things I
    typically use the computer for will work with a minimum of fuss. Here's a
    list of the things I use the computer for on a day-to-day basis:

    mozilla browswer/mail and mail, gaim, xmms, kaffeine, emacs, latex, xdvi,
    xpdf, grip, ogg files, gimp, basic perl scripts, mysql/php/phpmyadmin,
    apache

    I tend to like the fancier screensavers, like Ant Spotlight, just because
    they look cool to me ;-) and enjoy an occasional game of Tux Racer and
    Neverball. I'd like to be able to play DVD movies on this new machine.

    So I've been poking around newegg looking for what would make a good project
    for me to build and here's what I have come up with:

    ANTEC Life Style Series Black Case With 380W Power Supply, Model "SONATA"

    ASUS "P4P800-E Deluxe" i865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU

    ASUS nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X
    AGP, Model "V9520/TD"

    Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading
    Technology

    Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200

    Mitsumi Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model D359M3D/D359M3B

    Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD

    Logitech Black Internet Keyboard PS/2 104keys

    Logitech SBF69 Optical Wheel Mouse PS/2

    TEAC 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Combo Drive Black Bezel, Model DW-552G BLK

    I'd like some ideas about if this looks like a decent system, and if there
    are some changes that I ought to make to save some headaches and/or money. I
    have a couple of pre-built boxes that have nvidia cards in them, so I have
    gotten accustomed to the driver issues, but would really prefer something
    that was more in line with open source, so I could simply upgrade a kernel
    without the additional nvidia driver work.

    Do I even need a sound card, since the board comes with onboard audio?

    I sure would appreciate your opinions or suggestions. I'm horribly
    out-of-place when it comes to hardware and really need some help getting
    over this hurdle. Over the years, I have done individual component changes
    on machines that go down, but I've not ever picked out pieces from scratch.

    Thanks,
    Clint 

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