Hi Filippos, > no I've avoided the nVidia drivers since my system is only for > numerical > work > and did not want additional problems. The PCI ethernet seems to be > working > fine although I have a nForce ethernet card and the driver for it is > the > reverse-engineered 'forcedeth' module. At first I thought that was > the > culprit > for the freezes. Without installing nVidia drivers, after tuning BIOS and OS; NOW - FC5_64 does not freeze frequently - onboard LAN is working for at least one day - onboard sound. Haven't check it yet because no sound files on this new box. - "ata1: command..." does not appear any more After enabling "OnChip VGA TrapEnable [Enabled]" onboard LAN is working without causing FC%_64 freezes. Internet browsing has been working at one day. Problem remained unsolved (so far discovered) - USB thumb drive doesn't work on this box - poweroff is NOT power off ONLY system halted. I suspect whether the problem coming from kernel booting option - noacpi (without this option the box will hang) - the warning "Powerno-k8: mp system not supported by PSB Bios structure still appears on starting booting I'll continue googling around for information to solve above problems. I'm quite happy with FC5_64. Tks again for your advice. B.R. SL
