I was recently given the aforementioned MB and cannibalized one of my machines for additional parts including the Diamond Radeon graphics card.

1. I have tried SimplyMepis earlier and I liked it very much.

2. Recently I downloaded SimplyMepis 6.0 and I am ready to test.

3. I have a PC which has AM2 Socket Asus M2NPV-MX motherboard with on-board video (nvidia 6150), audio (SoundMax) and other add-ons (nforce 430). I have put AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and I am running Windows XP SP2 without any problem.

Hi,

I hope this is the proper forum for this question (I am still something of a n00b). I have an ASUS A7V400-MX motherboard with ASUS A7V400-MX ACPI BIOS Revision 1009. It seems that the BIOS is set so that my machine won't boot from the CD drive if there is a live CD in the drive. So, as per Knoppix Hacks, I tried to enter the BIOS to change the apparent default. But ESC, TAB, F2, ALT don't seem to do it. There doesn't seem to be anything in the manual for the motherboard which isn't for Windows only. Even more alarming, from the manual it appears that to enter their BIOS, Windows users with this motherboard model must use some proprietary software on the disk which came with the motherboard.

Hi Gang:

Due to various electrical problems at my home, I have determined that the motherboard for my home-built computer from a couple years ago is toast (I gotta get a new UPS). I would like to open the floodgates and ask for your recommendations on NEW motherboards THAT WORK with SimplyMepis. I have not been in the market for a motherboard for a few years, so I'm lost with the selection