Re: Mainboard on which X86_UP_IOAPIC works? (mine crashes hard)

From: Maciej W. Rozycki
Date: Tue Dec 16 2003 - 16:16:41 EST


On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> > Would you postulate that since the KV7 is a KT600, that the Asus A7V600
> > would also be "ok"? I ask because my local parts hole has the Asus and
> > not the Abit...
>
> I'd gamble and say probably yes, since the hardware is pretty much the
> same. I know that the BIOS can have some impact on this, though.

Since the reported APIC errors are a result of a bad design of inter-APIC
wiring, chances are the same chips may work just fine on one board and do
not work on another one. Even routing of traces on the PCB is important.

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