From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 2 18:39:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA29268 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:39:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA29263 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:39:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin [198.145.90.50]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id SAA02379; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:39:31 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.7.3/8.6.5) with SMTP id SAA00164; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:39:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199601030239.SAA00164@corbin.Root.COM> To: Terry Lambert cc: rashid@rk.ios.com, techadm@elvisti.kiev.ua, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS P6/Pro MB and P6-200 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 02 Jan 96 14:53:26 MST." <199601022153.OAA12741@phaeton.artisoft.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 18:39:24 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >> A question that we both eagerly await an answer to. :-) All indications at >> this time are that they *will* upgrade the motherboard when the problem is >> fixed. > >You mean "if the problem is fixed"? No, not really. The problem has already been fixed - again, it's caused by a bug in the Orion chipset (specifically, in the A1 stepping). I'm told it's been fixed for awhile, but ASUS tells me that they haven't gotten any of the fixed chips yet. >Seems to me that if they intended to do this, they would have socketed >the part -- is it socketed? I don't think they come in a socketable package (they're in the standard FP), and besides, I don't think ASUS realized that it was going to be a problem for anyone. ...and really, for many people, it probably won't be. -DG