Does anyone else have one of these? Basically it's a Pentium 4 based machine with an SiS chipset with integrated SiS graphics. But I'm damned if I can run Linux on it!
Specification:
M/B: PTM661GX-AA with SiS 661GX chipset (south bridge)
CPU: Pentium 4 (651) 3.4GHz HT
RAM: 2GB PC3200
GPU: SiS M741
Designed for Windows XP and runs very well. I've had Windows 10 running on this, not brilliantly, but not bad neither. Linux, on the other hand, is not so easy.
I've had Debian Squeeze installed and running happily. I can boot an Ubuntu Hardy Heron live CD without a problem, but I cannot get a modern Linux based distro to work. Not even Puppy.
The problem is, it won't start the kernel. Every modern(ish) distro does the same. When the kernel is started, the computer stops dead. Completely. The computer has to be reset.
Or have I found a computer that has an unsupported spec, or obsolete hardware?