Bought myself a new computer, decided to be really “smart” and assemble one myself.
I got:
1) Asus P5KPL-CM
2) Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
3) 2GB memory – reasonable quality
4) Very bad case
5) Awful power supply
Too many problems for such a few components:
- The Heat Sink (CPU fan) did not install easily, had to force it for a long time. I have actually though I did, till I noticed a heat alarm during the boot… retried, and retried till it worked.
- Now, the heat sink cannot be installed when the motherboard is screwed to the case… since it need more height. Put in some brackets (did not have enough)… so it is not that stable
- Ran and ubuntu live CD and noticed I don’t have ethernet – seems there is a solution – need to compile and install the drivers
- Getting errors during the boot before installation: Buffer I/O error on device FD0, Logical Block 0 . It seems I am not the only one .
- KVM does not seem to work – I am getting a keyboard error. Went to KSP and they claimed it is working- STRANGE.
Getting too late. Will continue tomorrow.
THIS IS WHY LINUX IS NOT READY FOR THE MASS MARKET!
I can handle this, and in a wierd way, enjoy it, but not sure how many people out there can do the same.