Kind of a strange tone from the "Open Source Relations Engineer", don't you think?
Ty Ronald G Minnich wrote: > This is kind of interesting from our point of view. > > Thanks marc. > > ron > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:42:51 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Athlon XP SSE flag not set? (AMD's response) > > Sorry for the cross-post, but this may be relevant to multiple operating > systems. Some users have noticed that on certain motherboards the SSE > flag is not being detected when using an Athlon XP, even though all Athlon > XP processors we have produced to date support SSE. AMD responds with the > following: > > - Our website has supported motherboards. > > - These motherboards have BIOSes that enable SSE on AthlonXP. > > - The end user should upgrade their BIOS if they have these motherboards. > > - If BIOS upgrade doesn't work for a listed MB, contact AMD (ask.amd.com) > and the MB vendor. > > - If the MB is not on our list of recommended MB and does not properly > enable SSE on Athlon XP, call the MB vendor to find out why not. > > > Marc J. Miller > Open Source Relations Engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1-800-538-8450 x43325 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- Tyson D Sawyer iRobot Corporation Senior Systems Engineer Military Systems Division [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robots for the Real World 603-532-6900 ext 206 http://www.irobot.com
