Will updating the BIOS or applying the fix make it work as well and fast as any other Mobo? -Paul Rodríguez On 18 Aug 2001 06:10:33 +0200, x wrote: > On Saturday 18 August 2001 05:23, Kirby Urner wrote: > > >This is (halfway) fixed in our most recent kernel update, meaning > > >we have a workaround for the _hardware_ bug, but not a high- > > >performance one. Your computer will seem fairly normal, having > > >jumped from 1.8Mb/S to 13.40Mb/s ide read speed as measured by the > > >benchmark programs, but will be well below the expected benchmarks > > >of 31.9 to 36.2 Mb/S as is usual for udma4 or udma5 operation. > > > > > >Civileme > > > > OK, that persuades me to hold off on an install of 8.0 > > for now. > > > > I'm glad MDK is working on this issue, although I'm curious > > as to why the green line on the Abit KD7A at the MDK > > website, as it uses these North/South Bridge thingys. > > Seems an asterisk and your kinda clear statements would > > be more forthcoming. > > > > Question: is it expected that eventually there'll be a > > full fix? I'm under the impression (perhaps uneducated), > > that WinMe is getting the fast Mb/S throughput, i.e. at > > least in principle there's a way to milk these chips for > > what they're reputedly worth, bugs notwithstanding. > > > > Kirby > The green line says it is tested and working, not how fast it works. We are > using dodges to keep from massive data corruption. On the other hand, unless > you update the BIOS or apply the fix for windows from VIA, you could have > your computer reset itself in the midst of a 100Mb file copy traching quite > a lot of data in the process. > > Civileme > > > ------------=_998107894-1464-1214 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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