[COLUG] AOpen DVD drive issue

[Chris Clonch]

On Thursday 10 May 2007 1:30, Thomas W. Cranston wrote:
> William Yang wrote:
> > In particular, there are some cheap JMicron SATA/PATA chipsets that
> > are getting used in modern boards.  The chipset support is not
> > compiled into the installer kernels in Gentoo, Unbuntu, and others...
> > though it is available in the mainline kernel tree.  Core symptom was
> > that I could boot isolinux, but my installer OS wouldn't start because
> > it couldn't find the CDROM/DVD drive.
> >
> > 'lspci' can probably tell you what's in your box.

> > I'd be surprised if a standard IDE DVD writer would have problems --
> > they're pretty generic.  It's possible you hit a defective one, but
> > it's more probable that it's the mobo in my mind...
> >
> >     -Bill
>
> Take it back and demand that they put a decent mobo in it if that's the
> case.

That's why I stick to building my own -- I know what goes into them.  Small PC 
builders can only compete on cost by using cheaper components, and the old 
saying applies here.  And big PC builders have enough weight they can get 
good manufacturers to do up special designs.  I've seen it with ASUS mobo's 
in HP boxes that had weird proprietary riser/daughter boards all to get the 
board to fit in a unique branded case.

No thank you, I'll stick to standards.  You'll pay more, but in the end it is 
worth it.

-Chris