From: Seeker on
Looking to buy a new motherboard. Hopefully will take my Athlon 64 x2 and
my ddr2 ram...Will be used on Linux only and must be able to boot from
usb...Any info welcome
From: Dan C on
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:19:59 -0500, Seeker wrote:

> Looking to buy a new motherboard. Hopefully will take my Athlon 64 x2
> and my ddr2 ram...Will be used on Linux only and must be able to boot
> from usb...Any info welcome

Ahhhhh.... a multiposter. I already answered your question in another
group, dimwit.


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From: AZ Nomad on
On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:50:15 +0000 (UTC), noi ance <noi(a)siam.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:19:59 -0500, Seeker typed this message:

>> Looking to buy a new motherboard. Hopefully will take my Athlon 64 x2
>> and my ddr2 ram...Will be used on Linux only and must be able to boot
>> from usb...Any info welcome

>So, many motherboards and vendors to choice from with so little
>information from the buyer.

>Start with a google search for AM2+/AM3 motherboards.

>There are many AM2+ and AM2+/AM3 motherboards that will work with DDR2
>memory. If your CPU is AM2 (and not AM2+) you'll need to search for only
>AM2 motherboards.

AFAIK, there are many motherboards that'll take both am2 and am2+ cpus.
If you have an am2 cpu, you can use an am2 or am2/am2+ motherboard.
From: philo on
On 06/08/2010 08:19 AM, Seeker wrote:
> Looking to buy a new motherboard. Hopefully will take my Athlon 64 x2 and
> my ddr2 ram...Will be used on Linux only and must be able to boot from
> usb...Any info welcome



I've had great luck with Linux and the NVidia chipset

that would be my only suggestion