EVGA nForce e-7050 610i

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Version	Status	Date Updated	Updated By
710	According to category, Works with caveats	11th May 2010	Wierdbeard65
810	Unknown	N/A	N/A
Usage Information

Onboard video handles UI2 with alpha blending with no issues.

EVGA nForce e-7050/610i Motherboard

Most information copied from EVGA's website: http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=112-CK-NF72-K1&pwindow=specs&family=400

Performance

  Based on nForce 610i/ GeForce 7050 chipset
  Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors
  1066/800 Mhz Front Side Bus

Memory

  2 x 240-pin DIMM sockets
  Single Channel DDR2
  Maximum of 4GB of DDR2 533/667MHz

Expansion Slot

  1 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
  2 x 32-bit PCI, support for PCI 2.1

Storage I/O

  1 x UltraDMA133
  4 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID 1
  1 x Floppy disk drive connector

Integrated Peripherals

  7.1 RealTek HD
  10/100/1000*

Multi I/O

  1 x PS2 Keyboard
  1 x PS2 Mouse
  8 x USB2.0 ports (4 external + 4 internal headers)
  Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)

Form Factor

  mATX Form Factor
  Length: 8.5in
  Width: 9.5in

Experiences

• This DOES NOT work out of the box. You must enable the LAN boot in the BIOS. Next, you must follow the directions mentioned here: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Unrecognized_NIC using sky2 as the kernel module. Afterwards, no problems detected yet (audio untested, 8/15/08).

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Helpful Notes: I tried to do the Google search for the motherboard and the keywords "kernel module" but came up with nothing. I found that when I did a PXE boot, the kernel module was listed at the top of the page where at the bottom of the page the infamous "kernel panic" message was showing.

I added the 1000 mbps capabilities to the specs from personal experience. On boot, LMCE lists the connection speed at 1000mbps and my switch confirms the 1000mbps connection- even though the official specs only list 10/100.