Re: Mainboard on which X86_UP_IOAPIC works? (mine crashes hard)

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> > Would you postulate that since the KV7 is a KT600, that the Asus A7V600
> > would also be "ok"? I ask because my local parts hole has the Asus and
> > not the Abit...
> 
> I'd gamble and say probably yes, since the hardware is pretty much the 
> same. I know that the BIOS can have some impact on this, though.

 Since the reported APIC errors are a result of a bad design of inter-APIC
wiring, chances are the same chips may work just fine on one board and do
not work on another one.  Even routing of traces on the PCB is important.

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