On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2014, Steve Gaarder wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at getting some machines based on the Intel Z87 chipset.
>> Has anyone tried SL6 on this?  I'm wondering how well the graphics and
>> ethernet work with the stock SL drivers.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Steve Gaarder
>> System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
>> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>
> I recently built a system with the following motherboard using Z87 chipset.
>
>   GA-Z87X-UD4H
>
>   http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4488#ov
>
> I installed SL 5 x86_64 and everything works fine except for a message about
> "not supporting audio over hdmi".  The board has other audio.
>
> The ethernet works fine and so does the video builtin to the i7-4770K .
>
> -Connie Sieh

Mine is also a Gigabyte board but a different model, Z87-D3HP-CF. SL
6.5 installs and runs fine including the graphics. But please note
that whether ethernet works may depend on what device it is. If it is
Realtek, for example, you might need to use a driver from the
manufacturer or ELRepo.

Akemi