Re: EPOX and VIA

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 20:28:22 +0100 (BST)

> a show stopper. My PCNet32 does not seem to like it, and my S3 Virge-DX has
> been seen dropping pixels (I swapped it out with another one and see the
> same problem.) Only the PCI cards seem to be acting oddly, which is why I
> asked about the VIA MVP3.

Check the PCI bus speed is correctly set to 33MHz - I had pixel dropping
on the SiS5598 until I turned the PCI bus to the correct 33Mhz not 37.5

The only problems you (should ??) have are sound lockups and there isa known
cure even if its not DMA chip handling bugs

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