<Solved>ASRock 970

[gezza]

Hi to all,
Does anyone know if this motherboard will support Linux (PCLinuxOS). I can find no information on the manufacturers site.
It has the UEFI bios installed.
Gezza









iot has UEFI

[T6]

do you like asrock or are you limited to select it for some reason?

i personally avoid it, their quality is not what it should and problems with that brand happen alot

on those mainboards, from what i have read, the uefi verification can be disabled but i can't guarantee that, you should ask directly to the manufacturer, the contact support form the company can answer this more properly

[horusfalcon]

do you like asrock or are you limited to select it for some reason?

i personally avoid it, their quality is not what it should and problems with that brand happen alot

I second this emotion!  ASRock seems from my experience to be some of the worst junk out there.  Pay a few more bucks/rubles/yen/euros/whatever and get something worth having.  I tend to favor MSI, myself, but there are other board makers out there that make good stuff, too.

on those mainboards, from what i have read, the uefi verification can be disabled but i can't guarantee that, you should ask directly to the manufacturer, the contact support form the company can answer this more properly

This is good advice for any motherboard purchase!  A further step would be to download the board's tech manual and read it carefully before purchase (if it's available).  You may discover other reasons this (or any such) hardware would or would not suit your needs, depending on what you read there.

Good luck in the search for good hardware.  May you always have...

Good Hunting,
D

[gezza]

Many thanks for the answers. That leaves me with Asus or Gigabyte. How do you rate these. My supplier does not have the MSI boards.
Nor do I know who has them in down here in OZ!
Again, Many thanks.
Gezza

[Just17]

on those mainboards, from what i have read, the uefi verification can be disabled but i can't guarantee that, you should ask directly to the manufacturer, the contact support form the company can answer this more properly

Can you explain what you mean by the above?

Are you referring to 'Secure Boot'?

I have installed (as have others) without problems on PCs whose motherboards use UEFI.
The only difference I have noticed is that I can use the mouse in the set up and it is a bit more graphical.

I saw no mention of 'Secure Boot' on the info page I accessed about this motherboard.

[horusfalcon]

Many thanks for the answers. That leaves me with Asus or Gigabyte. How do you rate these. My supplier does not have the MSI boards.
Nor do I know who has them in down here in OZ!
Again, Many thanks.
Gezza

Both Asus and Gigabyte make decent gear and they also make cheap gear - it pays to do your reading ahead of time.  Funny thing with Gigabyte - it's not always the expensive gear that's better for Linux.

Asus motherboards tend to be very steady, and both AMD and Intel implementations are usually rock-solid.  Again, though, do your reading.

I don't know anything about this vendor, but they carry a wide range of motherboards and other hardware and are based out of Silverwater in New South Wales.  They stock MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, and Supermicro (another brand I've had good luck with), just to mention a few.

http://www.techbuy.com.au/categories/MOTHERBOARD.asp

Again...

Good Hunting,
D

[T6]

"My supplier does not have the MSI boards."

think on msi as the dumb brother of asus and gigabyte, it is what you buy when you can't pay for the other two so if you can't find msi, no problem, asus or gigabyte are really good, can't think of a better brand

"Can you explain what you mean by the above?

Are you referring to 'Secure Boot'?"

yes, i forgot the name of that and if you say that is not giving you problems, that is better  

[Just17]

yes, i forgot the name of that and if you say that is not giving you problems, that is better

It is more that I have not met with it yet.

The UEFI equipped motherboards I have met with did not show anything about secure boot.

So it seems I have yet to meet with Secure Boot ......  makes me wonder if there are (m)any motherboards on sale with Secure Boot implemented .......

[T6]

supposedly the secure boot at the moment is being implemented on pcs prebuild form big brands, when you buy a mainboard it is supposed that you have more freedom to do what you want in it, still the feature will be present on those boards with uefi only that doesn't look like a old bios or doesn't have a compatibility with old bios

[horusfalcon]

"My supplier does not have the MSI boards."

think on msi as the dumb brother of asus and gigabyte, it is what you buy when you can't pay for the other two so if you can't find msi, no problem, asus or gigabyte are really good, can't think of a better brand

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@ T6:  I don't want to spark a controversy here, but I'd like to offer a counterpoint:

If the matter at hand it compatibility with PCLinuxOS, you could do a whole lot worse than MSI.  I've personally found them to be a maker of high-quality gear of exceptional stability and reliability.  I'm curious what makes you compare them unfavorably to asus and gigabyte (who I think also make some great gear, and some gear that's not so good.)

Dollar-wise on a given CPU platform, feature for feature, they're all three about the same.  The choice usually degenerates to who has the better implementation and specific "must-have" features for a specific build.

Still very much agree with you about ASRock, though - there is much better gear out there.

Later On,
D

[T6]

"If the matter at hand it compatibility with PCLinuxOS, you could do a whole lot worse than MSI"

i know, msi is good quality, i have been using and recommending them for the last 8 years, my desktop pc is doing ok since 2005

still when you compare msi to asus or gigabyte, it looks like the dumb young brother, you need the older and smarter one

the problem is that the older smarter brother but he charges more by his services 

[gezza]

Hi Guy's
Being a Pensioner (76) money does play a big part in what I can now afford.
The boards I have purchased in the past, and they are still running well, are ASUS. I think I may have a Gigabyte  board.
I am happy with these to boards, but since my very old system are giving troubles I am trying to find boards that are not too pricy plus cpus and 4GB ram, again not to pricy. Some systems I have to get rid of, working but now seem to noisy, 5*36GB scsi, but the system needs a 600W PSU, free if someone can pick it up (Noosa, Queensland Au.), 2 sata2 ports as well.
If anyone wants if contact here.!!!!!
You have all been very helpful, so thank you.
I  have to do some thinking. ASRock does not support Linux according to the manufactures, as does not the Gigabye boards, now?
With Intel dropping Linux support in their new cpus we are going to be hard pressed to get working systems!!!
Gezza

[agmg]

Aren't non-UEFI motherboards available for your needs?

[bicol_willem]

gezza: "ASRock does not support Linux according to the manufactures, as does not the Gigabye boards, now?"

Don´t worry too much here. It is seldom to see in brochures or what ever that hardware supports Linux. It´s always Windows and Mac.  Matter of ... (yes) money.
But .. even if that stuff doesn´t support Linux, Linux more often then not supports them!
 

[Just17]

Hi Guy's
Being a Pensioner (76) money does play a big part in what I can now afford.
The boards I have purchased in the past, and they are still running well, are ASUS. I think I may have a Gigabyte  board.
I am happy with these to boards, but since my very old system are giving troubles I am trying to find boards that are not too pricy plus cpus and 4GB ram, again not to pricy. Some systems I have to get rid of, working but now seem to noisy, 5*36GB scsi, but the system needs a 600W PSU, free if someone can pick it up (Noosa, Queensland Au.), 2 sata2 ports as well.
If anyone wants if contact here.!!!!!
You have all been very helpful, so thank you.
I  have to do some thinking. ASRock does not support Linux according to the manufactures, as does not the Gigabye boards, now?
With Intel dropping Linux support in their new cpus we are going to be hard pressed to get working systems!!!
Gezza

A recent build of mine is detailed in this thread
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,109221.msg933425.html#msg933425

It uses  UEFI  and there is no problem with it.

With the addition of a small SSD for the OS it is super fast to boot to LXDE desktop ......  some 8 secs.

I wanted a motherboard with USB3 & SATA 600 and mATX so the choice was limited.

Having installed on several UEFI motherboards from different manufacturers, I have no fear of them at all.

When they introduce Secure Boot that might be a different situation of course.
I have not yet noticed any motherboards being sold retail with Secure Boot.