On Tuesday 02 May 2006 09:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Has anybody got an AMD84 running smoothly and reliably? > > yes, been running the Turion variant of the AMD64 (acer 5000 aspire > series ... laptop) for more than 5 months now (and its on for over 8 > hrs /day at times) > > used ubuntu, suse 9 32bit, suse 10.1 rc1 64bit, mandrake 10 (32/64), > and using debian AMD64 (sarge... amd64 port).. no complaints fully > functional, wireless too... > > also tried fc5, no complaints > > > 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 > > > > either AMD is not ready for prime time > > > > ASUS is worse than expected > > perhaps its a faulty m/b? Seen Asus running fine with AMD64 till now... > hows the heating?
First thanks for the info. I feel much happier! CPU is 31C. Load is light. Machine is Very quiet. I used a Thermaltake heatpipe cooler with a case 120mm fan only. http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/ cpuparts->cpu parts (near the bottom) James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
