From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 16:30:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 16:29:53 -0400 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:26283 "HELO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 16:29:48 -0400 Message-ID: <3B06D7B1.DD5C6DF9@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:29:37 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5-pre3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Cavan Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Potential help for VIA problems and ASUS motherboards In-Reply-To: <3B06B453.6C921457@damncats.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John Cavan wrote: > > Hi, > > I've seen a lot of messages regarding problems with the VIA chipset... > I've experienced them myself. > > Anyways, I just put in a new ASUS CUV4X-D motherboard, BIOS revision > 1004. Once installed, I ran into a raft of problems when IO-APIC was > enabled... and discovered that ASUS had a BIOS update (revision 1007) > available. Once the BIOS was updated and MPS 1.4 support was disabled, > everything has been working fine, including USB with IO-APIC enabled. I > also don't seem to be getting the timer problem anymore. > > Anyways, if you have one of these boards, you may want to flash your > BIOS and see if the problems are fixed. YMMV, but it worked for me. I'm curious if 2.4.5-pre3 works for you... when using MPS 1.4, or, without the BIOS update. Regards, Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | "Do you have to make light of everything?!" Building 1024 | "I'm extremely serious about nailing your MandrakeSoft | step-daughter, but other than that, yes."