On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 08:42 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Has anybody got an AMD84 running smoothly and reliably?
> 

yes, been running the Turion variant of the AMD64 (acer 5000 aspire
series ... laptop) for  more than 5 months now (and its on for over 8
hrs /day at times)

used ubuntu, suse 9 32bit, suse 10.1 rc1 64bit, mandrake 10 (32/64),
and using debian AMD64 (sarge... amd64 port).. no complaints fully
functional, wireless too...

also tried fc5, no complaints

> on board AC97 sound not seen (recognised, configurable)
> use a sound card, then the module get unloaded (!) reload
>    modprobe snd_ens1371
> works for a bit.
> ethernet card stops ethernetting. ifconfig looks good, but acts as if the 
> cable is out. POWERDOWN and all is OK again
> System freezes. No keyboard, no mouse, no network, sound loops on what was 

> either AMD is not ready for prime time

> ASUS is worse than expected

perhaps its a faulty m/b? Seen Asus running fine with AMD64 till now...
hows the heating?

> THIS MB is pregnant

hmmm... .......


-Erle

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