The new AMD chipsets
Any work going on the 790fx/x/770 chipsets yet?
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- @howarchaic Published 2008-01-15
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Any work going on the 790fx/x/770 chipsets yet?
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I managed to get Leopard installed on the 790FX chipset without any issues (so far).
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5
daemon ,
what distro did you use to install ? I've got the 790fx as well (MSI K9A2 Platinum mobo)
My specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 6400+ Black, 3.2GHz
******MOBO: MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD RD790FX Phenom (tiny url.com/69dsfy)
Chipset: AMD 790FX chipset (AMD 790FX + SB600)
RAM: 4GB Mushkin HP2-6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory
HDD: 500GB S-ATA II 7200 RPM on SATA-1
VID: ATI Radeon HD3870 512MB x 2 (with crossfire cables)
CDRW: Internal DVD+CD Rewritable Combo Drive 16X52X32X52 (Primary Master)
DVDR: ASUS Internal SATA DVD+/- RW + CDRW Rewritable Drive (Primary Slave)
SOUND: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Retail Edition
NET: Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000Mbps) PCI Network Card
Instructions for installing on the 790x/sb600 chipset (thanks to Shadow3k) : you really must read this →
Sources & Contributor Provenance (3 credited usernames · Thread #46)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @jmattos | Contributor | 2 | 2008-05-12 |
| @howarchaic | Primary Author | 1 | 2008-01-15 |
| @Daemon | Contributor | 1 | 2008-01-20 |