On Tuesday 02 May 2006 09:07, you wrote: > Are you using the 64 bit editions or just the 32 bit ones? (You don't > say anywhere...) > > Do you experiance the same problems with a live CD? If so, could be a > faulty motherboard and/or RAM (run memtest) > > On 5/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > this is a trawl for info please: > > > > Has anybody got an AMD84 running smoothly and reliably? > > > > I've got an x2/3800 on an ASUS A8V MB. I've tried with SuSE10, SuSE10.1 > > (RCs), FC5, Ubuntu. All have some problems, sometime > > eg > > 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 playing eg > > leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee > > > > Happens with speedstep on and off, screensaver on and off, idle and in > > use > > > > either AMD is not ready for prime time > > ASUS is worse than expected > > THIS MB is pregnant
Sorry for the typo! (84) The 32bit editions do not speedstep, which was the point of the exercise. I've tried them but not for long enough to see if there are problems. So 64bit versions, Knoppix (4.0) dies. Did not spelunk for other live CDs. So ... AV8 in general or this AV8 in particular ... James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
