From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 09:58:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 09:58:05 -0400 Received: from [195.122.142.9] ([195.122.142.9]:10381 "EHLO darkstar.internet-factory.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 09:57:56 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: Holger Lubitz Newsgroups: lists.linux.kernel Subject: Re: VIA KT133A Northbridge bug reported Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 15:56:15 +0200 Organization: Internet Factory AG Message-ID: <3B13AA7F.F9C0454@internet-factory.de> In-Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: bastille.internet-factory.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: darkstar.internet-factory.de 991144575 30971 195.122.142.158 (29 May 2001 13:56:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@internet-factory.de NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 May 2001 13:56:15 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5-ac2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Dr S.M. Huen" proclaimed: > I saw a report on AMDZone of another VIA chipset bug. The original source > is:- > http://www.chip.de/news_stories/news_stories_163106.html > > The claim from AMDZone's translation is that:- > " According to the report KT133A boards with chipset codes of 1EA0 and > 1EA4 can have the bug which causes your computer to restart." This seems like a translation error. The german original reads "Eigentlich für C-Athlons ausgelegt, produziert die Northbridge VT8363A Restart-Probleme mit genau dieser CPU." which roughly translates to "Originally intended for C-Athlons, the Northbridge VT8363A causes restart problems with exactly this CPU." The original article goes on with "Wie Stephan Schwolow von MSI Deutschland gegenüber CHIP Online mitteilte, lässt sich das Problem mit der VIA-Northbridge anhand eines Warmstarts aus dem DOS-Modus oder einem Windows-Neustart identifizieren: Bleibt der Bildschirm schwarz, hat der Chip einen Fehler." Translation: "As Stephan Schwolow from MSI Germany told Chip Online, the problem with the VIA northbridge can be identified by a warm start from DOS or a Windows reboot: If the screen stays black, the chip has an error." As far as I understand it, the problem is only affecting "warm reboots". And I couldn't care less about warm reboots - my machines usually run 24/7 :) Holger