[Gllug] Core 2 duo / Intel 965 chipset

[Jim]

Hi

Help please for someone with very limited experience and can only be 
classed as a novice user.

Someone else I know has just got a new HP Dc7700 and can't get linux to 
install

(If you want the full details)
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12543_div/12543_div.HTML


Main bits of Kit are
Intel® Q965 Express chipset,
Intel Core™ 2 Duo Processors,
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 integrated graphics
2-GB DDR2 Synch Dram PC2-5300 (667-MHz) Non ECC (2 x 1GB)
250-GB SATA 3.0-Gb/s Hard Drive (8MB Cache, 7200 rpm)
SATA CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Intel 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection (integrated on system board)
Realtek 4-channel ALC262 Audio (integrated on system board)
HP FireWire / IEEE 1394 PCI Card


Tried RHE WS 4
Fedora core 6
A flavour Scientific Linux (Based on RH)

FC 6 got as far as trying to install but then fell over but the RH 
flavours got nowhere. However they are elderly 2.6.8 or 10 kernels I 
think but I could not say for certain.

Has anyone had problems with the E6000 series core2duo CPUs / 965 chipset?

Could it be the SATA DVD device?

I am not really a techie so any links would be useful or pointers to 
which out of the box versions work or even new kernels etc that can be 
downloaded.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated for me to pass on.

TIA

Jim

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