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

From: James Lawrence (linuxjim_at_rochester.rr.com)
Date: 07/01/04

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    Jonathan S wrote:

    > 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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    check out www. frozencpu.com for some real cool looking cases
    check out http://www.jncs.com/ hardware
    check ati for compatibility for a video card instead of "nvidia"
    http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

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