Quote Originally Posted by BobK_1905
Thanks. As suggested I tried various cheat codes, but without success. The latest download for Knoppix produces the same problem. It seems to be hardware related and not just with Knoppix. I've tried installing the latest versions of Suse, Mandriva and Ubuntu. None could be installed and all had problems with hardware detection. Suse and Ubuntu couldn't detect the CD (DVD) drive the install program was running from.
Its been suggested that as the mobo is new, perhaps the chipset is not supported for Linux. The specs for the board claim support for all later WIN versions, but make no mention of Linux. I'll do a bit more research and if I can get to the bottom of this I'll post the details.
Thanks again.
1st - my apologies for the late reply -- been away for a few days

This is a Desktop ..yes ? (not a Laptop)
.....double check all your physical connections (REseat the RAM, check Cabling, check Drive "jumpers" are correct etc - Make sure BIOS is set to "AUTO" for each IDE/ATA device under IDE Config)

I notice your Display Adapter output is listed TWICE.....it "seems" it may be Ati's Onboard Graphics??
Are you also using a Video Card ? -- if one is installed, Disable the Onboard Video in the BIOS, and Set the "Primary Display Adapter" to one of these appropriate settings (PCI-Express, AGP, PCI) depending upon the the VC

If you can use
Code:
KNOPPIX 1
as the boot: cheatcode and get to a command prompt, then type
Code:
lspci -n
write down info and post it here -- it will look similar to this;
$ lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
0000:00:07.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:0c.0 0401: 1274:1371 (rev 06)
0000:00:0e.0 0200: 100b:0020
0000:00:10.0 0780: 12b9:1006
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0028 (rev 11)
armed with this info, one can paste that into this site's config
http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi
- and see if it's linux compatible (plus it will inform one of hardware names and drivers/modules)