AMD XP cpu's are not affected from this bug. I heard that the problem is fixed at some stepping version of thunderbird.
Regards, Kursad ----- Original Message ----- From: "shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] AMD CPU bug > On Wednesday 23 January 2002 15:29, you spoke unto me thusly: > > > > from what i read, it only affects machines which use AGP. and whose > > > kernals are compiled to pentium or better type cpu's. the bug occurs > > > becoz the athlon / duron processors have a bug when dealing with > > > extended paging in conjunction with AGP. You can read more about it as > > > well as find a quick fix to the problem here: > > > http://www.gentoo.org/ > > > > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but would this affect an XP1800? > > actually, a good question > > yes i think it would, all the 500 (i think) and higher cpus are duron/athlon. > i think that the "xp" is a naming convention only and is not actually a > different processor. this is only my understanding though, i haven't > followed hardware too close in the last year or so... > > does anyone else know if the "xp" cpus are affected? > > -- > "If Microsoft is innovative in any area, it is in creating new forms of > intimidation." - Ralph Nader > > shane > registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ > http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! > Link different. > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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