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    ATI RS400MD chipset (LG laptop LE50)

    Discussion in 'LG' started by rakitsa, Nov 1, 2005.

  1. rakitsa

    rakitsa Newbie

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    Please help! I am going to buy an LG laptop LE503LSZ:

    LE50 Intel Pentium M 740 1.73 533FSB 2048K Processor
    ATI RS400MD chipset, Radeon x200M 128 shared graphic card
    15'' XGA 1024X768 TFT LCD
    2X256 DDRII533 SO-DIMM
    60Gb 4200 RPM HDD, DVD super multi writer, SD card, PCMCIA
    4 USB, 1394A, VGA, S-video TV out, 10/100 LAN, 56K Modem,
    Wireless LAN 802.11b/g, wireless dual hexa band antenna, XP pro.

    It looks nice, but I have doubts about the chipset: ATI RS400MD
    Somewhere I read that it is very close to Intel 915PM, but I could not
    find information neither about the chipset nor about the model LE503LSZ,
    even on the LG website.
    What worries me is how this chipset will work with Linux (Fedora Core 4).
    Can you say something about it?
    Perhaps I should say that I do not care about wireless and modem, but graphics
    and sound are important.

    Many thanks in advance!
     
    rakitsa, Nov 1, 2005
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  2. Waeggles

    Waeggles Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I have the RS400 chipset and I run Ubuntu 5.10 64-bit on it without any issues. Not sure whether the MD means anything else than integrated graphics, but I doubt you'd have any trouble running Fedora Core with it. Ati are not as advanced in Linux drivers as nVidia, and I still haven't gotten my x700 to work accelerated under Linux. However, it runs fine in X, just not with the fglrx drivers.
    Good luck!
     
    Waeggles, Nov 6, 2005
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