Yoriaki FUJIMORI wrote:
Dear listers,
Recently I got a black edition of Phenom 9600 with
DFI's UT790FX-M2R. BIOS is Jan 3, beta.
I tested several operating systems on it.
(1) Fedora C. 8
Install went on rather smoothly, but the login
window seemed to be messy. A lot of non fatal errors.
So, I stopped here.
(2) FreeBDS 7.0/6.3
The installer could boot if acpi is disabled.
I did not go any further.
(3) OpenSUSE 10.2
No problem. But, the benchmark showed the half speed of
the CPU. On the window executing top, the cpu load level
of all 4 cores showed 50%. So, the recent kernel 2.6.18
does not know Phenom.
(4) OpenSUSE 10.3
I had got a lot of trouble in installing this. In the
middle of installation, the system hanged many times.
It took more thatn half day to complete the installation
of minimal graphical system. Enven after installation,
I had to reset PC many times until the text login propmt
comes out.
Another trouble is it takes a very long time to shutdown
the system.
Once it starts, things go well without X.
Over clocking makes matter worse.
Well, DUH!
Over-clocking is just asking for trouble.
If the chip could run safely at a faster clock rate,
the manufacturer would have detected the ability
at the factory, and marked it with the higher clock.
People are under the impression that the electronics
components industry sets out to make capacitors or
resistors of chips of precise ratings.
Wrong.
Chips of different speeds come off of the same line..
in fact, many times, off of the same wafer, even though
every chip on that wafer is SUPPOSED to be identical.
They make a design, and manufacture the design.
Then they test them pile of components for whatever
criteria (resistance, capacitance, clock speed, or
whatever), and then sort them into groups, and label
each group appropriately.
If you want a faster CPU, go out and buy the
chip that's been tested and certified at the
speed you want to run at.
Troubles of Phenom with linux are reported somewhere in
the net.
So, I plan to test opensuse 11.0 Alpha1, because it comes
with newer kernel.
But, it would be nice, if someone who tried it
on 790(F)X sends quick report to the list.
Thank you for your attention.
yoriaki fujimori
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