Thank you all for your support!
To sum it all up:
There has been one charge of boards from MSI, which has been
delivered in Japan, which had a minor problem with booting
under certain (rare) circumstances. The problem was not AMDs
fault, but the one of MSI, but they have brought up a new BIOS
and a tiny part has to be added (worth 8 $ US). MSI repairs
all boards that come back to them with this problem and the
bug is already fixed on all newer boards.
The newer boards can be identified by a "B" printed between
the ISA-Slots on the mainboard. The manuals are identical.
The unmodified boards have also a star-shaped sticker on it:
"for the japanese market". On the newer or repaired boards,
the sticker is round.
There is a very, very tiny chance that any of the "bad" boards
will ever reach Europe or the USA. We can all sleep safely!
My special thanks go to:
AUBORD Alain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jochen Buehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Morgan Christiansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and, of course to:
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thank you all! Keep up the good work!
Best regards,
Herbert
PS: I can sleep calmly now. - My board has a "B" on it! ;-)
"Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly."
- Henry Spencer
-
Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/dmentre/smp-howto/
To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
