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NForce 590 Motherboard (Will it work)

I have a Foxconn C51 Motherboard which is based on the NForce 590 chipset, the LAN is controller by a NForce as well as all the USB's etc, now after I have tried installed Tiger on my machine, I have had to turn off all the USB's, the…

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@scottsaunders Published 2008-03-05
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Leopard 10.5
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I have a Foxconn C51 Motherboard which is based on the NForce 590 chipset, the LAN is controller by a NForce as well as all the USB's etc,

now after I have tried installed Tiger on my machine, I have had to turn off all the USB's, the sound which is onboard Realtek 7.1HD and the LANs as they have never worked.

will I have the same problems with this version of OSX?

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Author Update #1 @scottsaunders 2008-03-05

Lex23, thanks for the reply, did you have problems with your onboard USB's during install and when it was completed?

I have got some problems that I cant explain, it seems that once the installation disk starts up, all the onboard USB's shut off and that stays the same through out the install and once it has been completed...

strange eh?

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Field Note #1 @lex23 2008-03-05

my Asus m2n32 deluxe is based on nVidia nForce 590 SLI so it will work.. i haven't tryed the lans yet because i use the integrated wifi.. just install and try

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