Re: Any known issues with an Asus K8V SE Deluxe?

ANTant_at_zimage.com
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:01:52 -0500

> > I talked to a friend who was into PC hardware industry and showed him
> > the article. He might had found the solution and maybe this fixes the
> > problem:
> >
> > [03:41:02 AM] O: hrm..that is interesting.
> > [03:41:04 AM] O: i wonder.
> > [03:41:13 AM] A: yes?
> > [03:41:20 AM] A: wonder wha?
> > [03:41:57 AM] O: asus's dl page for the k8vse.....has drivers for linux
> stuff for other things on the board..i'm wondering if the driver is related
> to the manufacturer (marvell) not doing something properly
> > [03:42:13 AM] A: [looks too]
> > [03:44:10 AM] O: look how they have promise drivers.
> > [03:44:13 AM] O: for linux.
> > [03:44:33 AM] A: ah
> > [03:44:34 AM] A: wow 2003
> > [03:44:53 AM] A: only at v1.00!

> Note: ASUS Linux support is ghods-awful. When they bother, they basically
> slap together something at least 2 years old, never test it, never
> acknowledge it exists, don't explain how to integrate them gracefully, don't
> explaiin where they copied the bundles from so you can get updates, (such as
> Hendrick's work with the Promise controllers or the ALSA bundle for the
> newer audio chipsets), etc.

> They are always so old as to be utterly useless and the company does not
> acknowledge the existence of updates for the software bundles they use.
> Worse, if you call them to get the chipset of a board you're interested in
> buying, even if it's several thousand boards, they tell you that the chipset
> is the name of the board. (A Promise UltraTrak Controller is clearly not a
> chipset name...)

All technical support are like that!! So, did you try that Marvel driver? 

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