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Last update : 12. January 2003.
I installed Suse 8.1 on this machine without any major problems.
The most annoying thing was that the Suse bootloader didnt install itself correctly and had to be
installed manually. (Others have had the same problem)
Other than that everything i have tried have worked straight out of the box.
The modem is a winmodem, but it should work with the drivers from http://www.mbsi.ca/cnxtlindrv/hsf/
This is really a good machine, but the cost of the machine (12990 SKR=~1400 EURO/US$) makes it a bargain.
(atleast here in Sweden at the time of writing)
DEBIAN:
Debian 3.0 didnt work too well out of the box, i had to manually install both network and sound.
Sure, it only takes a few minutes, but it still a bit annoying ;)
MANDRAKE:
Mandrake 9.0 installed without any problems. Painless and quick ;)
But, well, i will end up with Slackware on this machine too, the other distros just have too much crap in
them that doesnt work anyways.
Acer Aspire 1302VX
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AMD Mobile Athlon 1.4GHz (1600+)
256MB PC133 SDRAM (one socket free, but since PC133 SODIMMs are cheap i got one extra 256MB = total 512MB)
20GB Harddisc (IBM Travelstar 40GN, 2MB cache, model IC25N020ATCS04-0, Ultra ATA/100)
DVD 8X (QSI SDR-083) Internal.
1.44 Floppy. Internal.
S3 "Twister K" (Savage 4) graphicscard SHARED with normal RAM. (Intergrated in VIA chipset?).
10/100 Ethernet (Via Rhine II) (intergrated in chipset?)
56k WinModem (Conexant)
1 PCMCIA/Cardbus slot (type II/III) (O2Micro OZ6912 controller)
2 USB 1.1 ports
14.1 XGA TFT (1024x768 - Seems to be rather good quality)
Windows XP Home, PowerDVD, NAV 2002.
The pictures are at the bottom of this page.
And the stuff from /proc :
cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 1400.084
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 2791.83
interrupts:
CPU0
0: 28821 XT-PIC timer
1: 652 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
9: 18 XT-PIC acpi
10: 7703 XT-PIC VIA686A
11: 6869 XT-PIC eth0, usb-uhci, PCI device 1217:6972
12: 4781 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 8867 XT-PIC ide0
15: 48 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
LOC: 0
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
iomem:
00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000e0000-000effff : Extension ROM
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-1efeffff : System RAM
00100000-002a5627 : Kernel code
002a5628-0030cd5f : Kernel data
1eff0000-1effffbf : ACPI Tables
1effffc0-1effffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
1f000000-1f000fff : PCI device 1217:6972
1f400000-1f7fffff : PCI CardBus #02
1f800000-1fbfffff : PCI CardBus #02
90000000-9fffffff : PCI Bus #01
90000000-97ffffff : PCI device 5333:8d02
90000000-90eeffff : vesafb
a0000000-a3ffffff : PCI device 1106:0305
e0000000-efffffff : PCI Bus #01
e0000000-e007ffff : PCI device 5333:8d02
f0000000-f00000ff : PCI device 1106:3065
f0000000-f00000ff : via-rhine
fff80000-ffffffff : reserved
ioports :
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vesafb
03f6-03f6 : ide0
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1100-110f : PCI device 1106:0571
1100-1107 : ide0
1108-110f : ide1
1200-121f : PCI device 1106:3038
1200-121f : usb-uhci
4000-40ff : PCI CardBus #02
4400-44ff : PCI CardBus #02
c000-dfff : PCI Bus #01
e000-e0ff : PCI device 1106:3058
e000-e0ff : VIA686A
e100-e103 : PCI device 1106:3058
e104-e107 : PCI device 1106:3058
e200-e2ff : PCI device 1106:3068
e800-e8ff : PCI device 1106:3065
e800-e8ff : via-rhine
mtrr :
reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size= 256MB: write-back, count=1
reg01: base=0x10000000 ( 256MB), size= 128MB: write-back, count=1
reg02: base=0x18000000 ( 384MB), size= 64MB: write-back, count=1
reg03: base=0x1c000000 ( 448MB), size= 32MB: write-back, count=1
reg04: base=0x1e000000 ( 480MB), size= 16MB: write-back, count=1
reg05: base=0x90ee0000 (2318MB), size= 64KB: write-combining, count=1
reg06: base=0x90ec0000 (2318MB), size= 128KB: write-combining, count=1
reg07: base=0xa0000000 (2560MB), size= 64MB: write-combining, count=1
pci:
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 1106:0305 (rev 128).
Master Capable. Latency=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xa0000000 [0xa3ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 1106:8305 (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=8.
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
Class 0607: PCI device 1217:6972 (rev 0).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=168. Min Gnt=128.Max Lat=5.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x1f000000 [0x1f000fff].
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
Class 0601: PCI device 1106:8231 (rev 16).
Bus 0, device 17, function 1:
Class 0101: PCI device 1106:0571 (rev 6).
Master Capable. Latency=64.
I/O at 0x1100 [0x110f].
Bus 0, device 17, function 2:
Class 0c03: PCI device 1106:3038 (rev 30).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=22.
I/O at 0x1200 [0x121f].
Bus 0, device 17, function 4:
Class 0680: PCI device 1106:8235 (rev 16).
Bus 0, device 17, function 5:
Class 0401: PCI device 1106:3058 (rev 64).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe0ff].
I/O at 0xe100 [0xe103].
I/O at 0xe104 [0xe107].
Bus 0, device 17, function 6:
Class 0780: PCI device 1106:3068 (rev 32).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xe200 [0xe2ff].
Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 1106:3065 (rev 81).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=16. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf00000ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Class 0300: PCI device 5333:8d02 (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe007ffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x90000000 [0x97ffffff].
----------VIA BusMastering IDE Configuration----------------
Driver Version: 3.34
South Bridge: VIA vt8231
Revision: ISA 0x10 IDE 0x6
Highest DMA rate: UDMA100
BM-DMA base: 0x1100
PCI clock: 33.3MHz
Master Read Cycle IRDY: 0ws
Master Write Cycle IRDY: 0ws
BM IDE Status Register Read Retry: yes
Max DRDY Pulse Width: No limit
-----------------------Primary IDE-------Secondary IDE------
Read DMA FIFO flush: yes yes
End Sector FIFO flush: no no
Prefetch Buffer: yes yes
Post Write Buffer: yes yes
Enabled: yes yes
Simplex only: no no
Cable Type: 80w 40w
-------------------drive0----drive1----drive2----drive3-----
Transfer Mode: UDMA PIO PIO PIO
Address Setup: 30ns 120ns 30ns 120ns
Cmd Active: 90ns 90ns 90ns 90ns
Cmd Recovery: 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns
Data Active: 90ns 330ns 90ns 330ns
Data Recovery: 30ns 270ns 30ns 270ns
Cycle Time: 20ns 600ns 120ns 600ns
Transfer Rate: 99.9MB/s 3.3MB/s 16.6MB/s 3.3MB/s
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