I said I would keep the list up to date with the new system I've built. I've installed XP32 and XP64, multi boot configuration. I need to do a little more reading before I install Fedora Core 3 x64. Hardware; Motherboard: Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 (nforce 3, DDR400+, AGP8x, USB2, Dual LAN, SATA, Audio, 1394b) Processor: AMD 64 3000+ 939 pin 1.8GHz Memory: 512MB DDR 400 Video: Nvidia GForce 5500 FX Power: 400 Watt 2 @ 30gig ATA133 drives 1 @ 20gig ATA 100 drive 1 @ CDRW USB 3.5" Floppy USB JumpDrive USB Optical Mouse PS/2 Keyboard General; The nice thing about this motherboard is the drivers (both XP32 and XP64 bit) are available. Gigabyte has the 64bit Linux drivers as well (NFORCE-Linux-x86_64-1.0-0292-pkg1.run) Fedora Core 3 x64 should work with this motherboard from what I've read. I had to install the drivers from CDROM for XP32 after the installation (LAN did not work until I installed the drivers.) I down loaded the XP64 bit drivers from the Nvidia website, I had them on my JumpDrive ;-) so USB works without the drivers installed in XP64. I can't test the SATA or the 1394b as I don't have either. LAN, Audio, AGP8x, and LAN work great under the M$ operating systems. Software; I've installed Call of Duty and found it's faster and looks better under XP64 The catch (from reading) with Windows software is the software can NOT have a 16bit installer or installer front-end. 16bit software will not work in XP64. Be sure your software installers do NOT have a 16bit installer if you want to use it with XP64. I'll do more software testing an update the list. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list