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On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:36:31AM +0100, vladimir konrad wrote:
> > As far as the Sil3112 chips go, I'm using them everywhere and they
> > work quite well.  Sometimes less is more.
> 
> are you sure that they are not SiI 3114 ? i had similar discussion on
> this list a while ago and 3114 was said to be the "good one"
> and the 3112 the "bad one".

Yup.  Just checked the hotstamp on the chip: 3112.  Is it possible that
some boards which used the 3112 chip were made and that those manufacturing
problems have been since fixed?

-- Rick C. Petty