ASUS M2N68-AM plus

Sure, some of the hardware may take a little work but I see no reason why not at all.

A simple way to find out:
Download the Ubuntu .iso file ( http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download )
Burn a CD (or DVD)
Put it into your PC
Boot the PC

If that works - it will work.

You missed MD5 check after downloading

There are the hashes:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes

There is the method:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

thanks for the info.
I can't download and try ubuntu out as I haven't actually bought this motherboard yet - just checking to see if it would be compatible.

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

I use the same mobo and Ubuntu 9.04 works well, never had any problem.

As a matter of Interest mobo same as you, NVidia Geforce 8400, 4gig DDR2 ram at 800Mhz, Athlon dual core 64bit 4500+ Mikomi webcam.

Ubuntu 7.04/7.10/8.04/8.10/9.04 all works well with all of that.

I hope this is a help to you.

Mike.

Thanks for this info Mike. This boosts my confidence (I've spent such a long time trying to figure this out for myself before posting the question!).

It's also interesting to see your set up and compare to what I'm looking at buying as it's similar.
I haven't yet decided on whether to use the onboard graphics (I think it's nVidia GeForce 7025) or go for the 8400 as you have.
Athlon II x2 245, or the 250.
And I was just going to get the 2gig ram, but perhaps I will go for 4gig.

It helps a great deal.

Thanks

Mines not too dissimuilar

My main desktop is an ASUS Pundit P1-AH2
AM2 AMD 3000+ Semperon @1.6Ghz
2Gb DDR2
250Gb SATA w/ 8Mb cache
Onboard nVidia 6150 128Mb

runs fine

Janine wrote:
> Question #82311 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/82311
>
> Janine posted a new comment:
> Thanks for this info Mike. This boosts my confidence (I've spent such a
> long time trying to figure this out for myself before posting the
> question!).
>
> It's also interesting to see your set up and compare to what I'm looking at buying as it's similar.
> I haven't yet decided on whether to use the onboard graphics (I think it's nVidia GeForce 7025) or go for the 8400 as you have.
> Athlon II x2 245, or the 250.
> And I was just going to get the 2gig ram, but perhaps I will go for 4gig.
>
> It helps a great deal.
>
> Thanks
>
>
Hi well the reason I went for the 8400 was that it has its own 512mb
memory and is not shared, hmmm I may be wrong about shared memory, but I
went for that reason, and another thing the 8400 has more on bourd
memory than the mobo graphics has
If you go for the 4gig then only 3 will show up on Win2000/Xp/ and Any
32bit version of Ubuntu.
4 gig will show up on XP 64bit and any Ubuntu 64bit.
Its the allowance of the 64bit that will show the full 4gig memory.

Mike.

You can install PAE in 32bit and get access to more than 4Gb ram is accessible.

I have now ordered my computer - due to be delivered wednesday :-)

Thanks to everyone who helped in my decision making process.

Mike, I decided to go for the 8400 graphics as that was one of my options and yes it frees up 512mb of system memory which would otherwise be used by the on board graphics.
I've also gone for the 4gig ram.

Now - the next thing I don't understand is the difference between a 32 bit and a 64 bit operating system. I was going to use Ubuntu 9.04 is this verson 64 bit?

It depends on the processor:
Athlon dual core 64bit -> download Ubuntu 64 bit

:-)
I do seem silly don't I? But this is how one learns.

Looking at the download site I can now see that there are two versions of 9.04 so i can just check the 64 bit version. I am even laughing at my own daftness.

Have patience with newbies like me lol

Janine wrote:
> Question #82311 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/82311
>
> Janine posted a new comment:
> I have now ordered my computer - due to be delivered wednesday :-)
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped in my decision making process.
>
> Mike, I decided to go for the 8400 graphics as that was one of my options and yes it frees up 512mb of system memory which would otherwise be used by the on board graphics.
> I've also gone for the 4gig ram.
>
> Now - the next thing I don't understand is the difference between a 32
> bit and a 64 bit operating system. I was going to use Ubuntu 9.04 is
> this verson 64 bit?
>
>
Ubuntu 9.04 comes in 32bit and 64bit IF your CPU is a 64 bit then use
the 64bit as it is a little faster in some areas.
How ever I use Ubuntu 9.04 in 32bit as this is more compatible with my
all in one printer/scanner.

The difference between 32 and 64 bit is that the 64 bit can address more
memory and has a wider bandwidth.
I did notice that on some programs the 64bit was a bit faster. A CPU
that is 64bit like your will be can handle far more data and is faster.
Its like this a 32 bit CPU is a motorway with only 3 lanes running a
64bit CPU is a motorway with 8 lanes running, so it can handle far more
data at a faster rate.
The above is just an example to show you what they are like.
Bye the way I had a lot of trouble putting Ubuntu 9.04 onto my system so
use the text install version it is far easier and don't come with any
trouble.
It is on the Ubuntu site to download.

But to be honest 32bit suits me for the time being unless Brother comes
out with a 64bit drivers that are easier to use than what's available now.

Mike.

Janine wrote:
> Question #82311 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/82311
>
> Janine posted a new comment:
> I have now ordered my computer - due to be delivered wednesday :-)
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped in my decision making process.
>
> Mike, I decided to go for the 8400 graphics as that was one of my options and yes it frees up 512mb of system memory which would otherwise be used by the on board graphics.
> I've also gone for the 4gig ram.
>
> Now - the next thing I don't understand is the difference between a 32
> bit and a 64 bit operating system. I was going to use Ubuntu 9.04 is
> this verson 64 bit?
>
>
Here is the link in case you get trouble with the normal download
install CD.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#alternate

I find this text install very useful and is far more stable that the
normal 32 or 64 bit download.

Mike.

64bit can also process more data in a single sweep. Audio and video encoding is much faster i 64bit.

If you simply want a web browsing system / chat / word processing then 32bit is fine.

I have ASUS M2N68-AM board and Ubuntu will not install, there seems to be a problem with accessing the SATA drive. The Live CD works fine but when it comes to installing I get errors and it crashes. I tried using the Alternate 9.10 install CD and for some reason the installation detects SATA RAID although I have no configured the SATA for RAID but left it as the default in the BIOS. Mandriva installed OK but I want to use Ubuntu with the APT software managment... any suggestions?

Have you tried boot options?
help.ubuntu.com/community/bootoptions

Hi bajangerry

You say you are using ubuntu 9.10 and having problems.
I installed 9.04 (I think this is the latest version - see first link given at the beginning of this thread) and had no problems at all. also Mike (swift240) says he has the same mobo and uses 9.04 without problems.

I went through the bios with mobo user guide in hand and checked that all settings were as default (didn't need to change anything) and installation was so straight forward, done in about 20 mins without any difficulty.

Also - just out of interest I installed the 64 bit version without problem but then found that the 32 bit version was easier for me to use (some things just weren't so easily available for the 64 bit and would have taken a bit more know-how than I have). so for me its the 9.04 32 bit version.

I hope you manage to get it working.
Janine

Janine wrote:
> Question #82311 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/82311
>
> Janine posted a new comment:
> Hi bajangerry
>
> You say you are using ubuntu 9.10 and having problems.
> I installed 9.04 (I think this is the latest version - see first link given at the beginning of this thread) and had no problems at all. also Mike (swift240) says he has the same mobo and uses 9.04 without problems.
>
> I went through the bios with mobo user guide in hand and checked that
> all settings were as default (didn't need to change anything) and
> installation was so straight forward, done in about 20 mins without any
> difficulty.
>
> Also - just out of interest I installed the 64 bit version without
> problem but then found that the 32 bit version was easier for me to use
> (some things just weren't so easily available for the 64 bit and would
> have taken a bit more know-how than I have). so for me its the 9.04 32
> bit version.
>
> I hope you manage to get it working.
> Janine
>
>
I don't bother with SATA I use IDE as my first, then use SATA for my DVD
and any other drives.
Better that way.

Had to use an IDE drive as the first drive... not sure why this should be the case but it is working fine now with Karmic 64 bit version.

work suspend and hibernate acpi ??