HARDWARE Asus M2N-E

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This is what I found on the Asus forums when I setup my M2N-E

For sata support you need to select(in menuconfig):
Device Drivers - > SCSI device support -> SCSI Device support [*]
Device Drivers - > SCSI device support -> SCSI disk support [*]
Device Drivers - > SCSI device support -> SCSI generic support [*]
Device Drivers - > SCSI device support -> SCSI low level drivers -> Serial ATA support[*]
Device Drivers - > SCSI device support -> SCSI low level drivers -> Nvidia SATA [*]
..thats all I think....

For onboard audio you need:

Device Drivers -> Sound ->Sound card support [*]
Device Drivers -> Sound ->Advanced Linux Sound Support -> OSS Mixer [*]
Device Drivers -> Sound ->Advanced Linux Sound Support -> OSS PCM [*]
Device Drivers -> Sound ->Advanced Linux Sound Support -> Old ALSA API[*]
Device Drivers -> Sound ->Advanced Linux Sound Support -> Old ALSA API[*]
Device Drivers -> Sound ->Advanced Linux Sound Support -> PCI devices-> Intel HD
AUDIO [*]

For network card:
Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Ethernet 10 or 100Mbit -> EISA, VLB, PCI and onboard controllers -> Nvidia ethernet support
For Cool 'n' Quiet (dynamic cpu speed changing) you need:
software:
cpufreq-utils
powernowd
In kernel:
Power management options -> CPU Frequency Scaling -> CPU Frequency Scaling [*]
Power management options -> CPU Frequency Scaling -> ondemand policy scaling governor[*]
Power management options -> CPU Frequency Scaling -> AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow![*]
Power management options -> CPU Frequency Scaling -> ACPI processor P-States[*]