I didn't clear the CMOS, although I did load system defaults after
installing QQ. I'm going to run a week or three on NJ, see if it
remains stable, then go back to QQ (clearing CMOS this time) and
see if the Ethernet problem reappears.
Kevin C.
>
> I think that I am happier with QQ. One system is still going strong
> with 11 days of uptime. On the second system that crashed, I have
> restarted it and cleared the cmos.
>
> The second system exhibited a booting issue after being flashed to qq in
> which it would start, but no video. I had this problem before and
> didn't think much of it since a cold boot gets around the problem.
> However since it eventually sort of locked up - (actually more like
> limped along), I decided to try to fix the boot problem by manually
> clearing the CMOS, a technique which has worked for me in the past.
>
> Yes, I know what you are going to say, the flash process automatically
> invalidates the CMOS, so manually clearing it shouldn't make much of a
> difference. But it seems to.
>
> The boot problem is gone and I am now 2.5 days and still going with 2
> seti's and a screensaver at a minimum.
>
> I would be curious to know if everyone who has flashed to QQ
> successfully also cleared the cmos? On my system that has yet to fail
> under QQ, I did not; which suggests that this might be a best practice
> but not mandatory one.
>
> I think the previous version of the flashing instructions called for
> this step, but I don't recall if the new one (based on the abitfae
> batch) does?
>
> Only time will tell. But I think it is very clear that the reliability
> issue rests squarely in abit's bios.
>
> Mike
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Hal Burgiss [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:28 PM
> >To: Discussion List for Linux on Abit Motherboards
> >Subject: Re: [LINUX-ABIT] Best BP6 BIOS
> >
> >
> >Back to the BIOS question that someone asked. So far one vote for NJ
> >and one for QQ. Anyone else happy with QQ? Probably a little early yet
> >to say for sure, but I have run out of straws to grasp and I need a
> >little hope.
> >
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