Re: is nForce2 good choice under Linux?

[Grzegorz Kulewski]

Thanks for response!

> the shuttle FN41 (sn41g2 xpc) is probably safe - i had very frequent lockups 
> after upgrading to 2.6.0, flashed to the latest bios, and the system is rock 
> stable since (2.6.1 w/apic)
> 
> you better check if the specific board you are going to buy has a fixed bios.

The newest BIOS for AN7 is 1.4. But there is nothing about APIC in 
changelogs.

How old is the update for Your board? (The oldest BIOS for AN7 is from 
2003/11/11, so maybe it has this fix already in?)

Thanks again!


Grzegorz Kulewski

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