Re: Potential help for VIA problems and ASUS motherboards
Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Sat, 19 May 2001 16:29:37 -0400
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
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