Shimi, I will suggest something that you might find odd, but here goes:
* Boot Windows * :) If you have a partition with windows on your machine, boot into windows, and write a small batch script that will show the time every few seconds, and see if you have the same issue as you have now. Make sure you use either win2k, XP or 2003, NOT 95/98/ME as they don't support SMPT. If you don't have windows, you can always create a "LiveCD" of windows quite easily: take any windows machime, download and run BartPE and use it to create a bootable LiveCD. Boot this CD and do the same (simple batch script to show the time) If the problem appears in Windows the same as in your Linux, then you have a faulty board. It could be either a BIOS bug, faulty clock, or something else is fucked on the board (such as bad Crystal oscillattor). If it only appears on Linux after your Windows testing, perhaps you would like to test any Linux based liveCD and see if the problem appears there as well. If it is - it's a kernel issue. If not, well, bad Gentoo kernel (highly unlikely). Hope this helps. Thanks, Hetz -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. Visit my blog (hebrew) for things that (sometimes) matter: http://wp.dad-answers.com ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
