Quote Originally Posted by pyromosh
Okay, solved part of my problem.

The default setting in the BIOS for SATA devices is IDE. It needs to be changed to AHCI. That let me boot. Only to find out there are no network devices. I suppose the onboard NIC isn't supported yet.
Unfortunately, I made the mistake of getting one of those motherboards as well.

It seems to be DOA for Linux.

After a lot of searching online, finding workarounds for booting, only to find that almost nothing works (no network, no accelerated video, and so on).

Are there any Intel motherboards that are known to fully work out-of-the-box on Knoppix? I find Knoppix to be a great test for overall Linux compatibility of a motherboard.

I'm looking for an Intel motherboard, LGA775 socket, Celeron D processor, onboard video, onboard Ethernet, DDR2 SDRAM. Yes, it was supposed to be a cheap low-end system.

The computer store is starting to get sick of me. I have returned an Intel D102GGC2 motherboard, with a bizarre ATI chipset, also DOA under Linux. (I didn't know ATI ever made chipsets! After using this motherboard, I can quickly see why they didn't catch on

I will soon return this Intel DG965WH motherboard as well.

That is, if I can't find another use for the Intel 965 chipset....