AMD and Asus motherboard compatibility with Linux


Looking to by a new PC box
AMD Athlon 64X2 4600 CPU
1 Gig or more RAM
Asus M2A-VM motherboard
with ATI X1250 video on board
on SATA 160G drive
Or
AMD Athlon 64X2 4600 CPU
1 Gig or more RAM
ASUS M2N4-SLI motherboard
adding the Geforce 6300 video card

Now I get hints in reading google searches on the
motherboard numbers that there is some incompatiblity
in installing Linux.
I was hoping to install OpenSuse 10.2 but if it won't
work then I have to find a list of compatible new motherboards
that are [Vista Ready] ready for new technology and
yet Linux can work easily with them.

Will only kernel 2.6.20 work with them?

The Question is : has any one installed OpenSuse on
such an arrangement easily?

I'm getting hints that acpi=off and noapci settings
degrade performance but might be a fix, and that it is a south
bridge code broken on the motherboard.

There is nothing at Asus, Novell Suse database doesn't
yeild any information.

I've gone through google.com [web] and google.com/groups
and no clear information that I can proceed with such
a machine.

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: possible video issue. nothing comes up on screen
    ... it when you remove the RAM. ... The PC case speaker (or a piezoelectric speaker on the motherboard), ... is to prove the BIOS code is getting ... You can also try this test for video. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Wont Boot
    ... motherboard that lights up inside the case is a green light when the PC is switched on which is normal by all accounts. ... First beep test, is to remove both the RAM and video card. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: motherboard replaced - but no boot!
    ... I already tried removing the RAM one stick at a time, ... You didn't mention if you were ablle to test the display and video cable on another computer. ... Power supplys provide multiple voltages. ... If the computer is unable to locate or operate a video card (or on the motherboard video adaptor) or detects another problem that prevents displaying a message on the screen the POST will generate a subsequent series of beeps in a effort to indicate what is causing the problem. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Wrong Memory Size reported by XP
    ... How old is the motherboard, or PC, if purchased as a complete unit? ... handle 2-4 Gig of RAM. ... Next, instead of asking XP how much memory it thinks there is, ask the BIOS. ... Do you have a separate video card, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: Trying to get 3-way SLI to work
    ... Not getting video is not the end of the story. ... could be sending a beep pattern, ... With no RAM, you get the RAM ... the motherboard no longer has to beep, ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)