On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Toni Mueller wrote:
> Hello Otto,
>
> On Tue, 18.04.2006 at 17:49:28 +0200, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Matt Jibson wrote:
> > > Some of us have had problems with dual core:
> > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=113860396723795&w=2
> >
> > That should be solved now, try a recent snap. I've been running the
> > mentioned A8N5X mb fine with a dual core amd64. That is to say, until
> > it went up in smoke.
>
> what caused this kind of smoking?
Well, I was speaking figuratively. Actually, it was eaten by snakes...
Well, actually, the motherboard just died after a few weeks without
any special effects. Asus quality does not seem to be really high. The
board is cheap and has 3 years warranty, though. I should be receiving
a new board any moment. Now I hope the board didn't take the processor
down with it.
Note that the mpbios of this board has some quirks, which we (that is,
kettenis@) had to work around. So while -current runs fine, 3.9 does
not.
> I too thought that getting a dual-core machine (looking at a 270HE)
> would be a good idea, but if hardware reliability suffers, then it
> isn't (of course).
>
> Any insights are most welcome!
-Otto
