Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 02:48:36 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: Russell Doucette <ota@animenfo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AMD Turion X2 problems -- Major lag issues Message-ID: <20070505024836.1eeb9427.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1178292910.8865.4.camel@isao.ota.homelinux.net> References: <1178292910.8865.4.camel@isao.ota.homelinux.net>
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On Fri, 04 May 2007 11:35:10 -0400
Russell Doucette <ota@animenfo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a gateway MX3410 laptop, and when I try to install,
> sysinstall hangs or has unimaginable lag time, and then my laptop
> just sends out this constant system beep at me. Is there a problem
> with FreeBSD and AMD Turion CPUs? I hear a few other people are
> having problems with various AMD chipsets, in particular Turions
> with the same exact problem.
>
> Is there a workaround or patch to installing FreeBSD on my Gateway
> (AMD Turion 64-x2 technology)? Thanks.
>
Try disabling apic (read: apic, not acpi). set hint.apic.0.disabled=1
through loader prompt. The drawback is that other cpu cores will not
be enabled.
Update to latest -stable if you want to re-enable apic.
--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD
... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........
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