[Nottingham] Asus board .... (Linux on Asus Z170 PC motherboard)

[Martin]

Barry,


On 14/07/16 17:01, Barry Drake via Nottingham wrote:
> Cougar extreme are building my replacement computer.  They no longer
> have a Linux buff to replace Patrick who was a Linux user.  They've
> offered an Asus Z170 super gaming board.  Great spec, but any
> compatibility problems anyone here knows of?  None of the Linux sites
> I've tried recognise that board.  Anyone know anything about it?
> Thanks,        Barry
> 

A quick quack on Duck gives:

https://duckduckgo.com/


Linux on Z170 ROG
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?84971-Linux-on-Z170-ROG

"Thank you for your responses, compatibility shouldn't be an issue then."


A few linux benchmarks for that motherboard:

openbenchmarking.org ASUS Z170-K
https://openbenchmarking.org/s/ASUS%20Z170-K&show_more

Popular OSs For ASUS Z170-K:

    Ubuntu 15.10
    Fedora 23
    Debian 8.2
    Arch rolling
    Ubuntu 16.04



Asus Z170-A questions
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2862342/asus-z170-questions.html

"Suggestion: Don't look at Newegg reviews.

Reason is that customer reviews usually are from people who had a
negative experience with the motherboard. Most people that got a working
board are not even bothered to leave a review. And when the topic is
about a very popular motherboard, typically there will be more
complaints..."



Linux on Asus z170 ws and Problems
https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/linux-on-asus-z170-ws-and-problems/101263

"Ok, progress, Kernel is the culprit!

update from 3.19.0-31 who is recommended to the last 3. kernel (
3.19.0-59) worked pretty flawless. Update to 4.2.0-18 from there, no
problems booting so far, and with 4.2 i have more then one audio device.
Yay."





So...

All looks to be good with recent (more recent than 4.2.x) kernels.

It's a newish board so you need a newish kernel (a recent distro).


Hope that is of help,

Good luck!
Martin


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