From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-143393-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7838C1381F3 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E06C321C068; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:54:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5134FE0698 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:53:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Md3JC-1TRN2O2c78-00Hjr6; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:52:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:52:57 -0600 From: Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus Message-ID: <20121214185257.GN8486@server> References: <20121214161821.GA19095@crowfix.com> <20121214181646.GL8486@server> <20121214182410.GD19095@crowfix.com> <20121214183449.GM8486@server> <20121214184301.GE19095@crowfix.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121214184301.GE19095@crowfix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:9G5Yp5Kxstae8fqA9V8Sp5GqoG2oAQFhDxYAkdpT4YF 1E11mLQKS2UA5xGONlak75nxqRor8whGGqHTTgGjheGXJU1+6A tQiGpHrJZnCO6FaM60d08Pm6PaRaa7wtYZfTIjJsEf6ktS3dmx a5nQebi+JwUHHz8GNO/8yiJUtBMtqSa+H0Ed8XeEXnrHwZ0cVt nXFruXrTnvbsEVstPlXro4emYCD7luBKwTB/Cv5PphTgEe3B+i NJyxt7BSEXVM1BAVWmUMja1JcEIpl1sZeV5MXgRgP6A5rGHu75 J5PkAsrWTwktIc+YUpynrIvHcVD2WJWfVzXCWPJ6Z+Xrmfml9v rYyHl7w7FEO94HjBZDLc= X-Archives-Salt: b52c0221-770f-4f57-827b-0d4ac101b92d X-Archives-Hash: e4b20a35221736be86379234030eea60 On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 01:43:01PM -0500, felix@crowfix.com wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:34:49PM -0600, Bruce Hill wrote: > > > Boot with SystemRescueCd and you can't get to a prompt? > > Currently can't even boot -- it hangs wit a blank screen at the point grub or the rescue DVD would take over. > > > Yes, your southbridge chipset could just happened to have failed at the same > > time; or it failed on the reboot; or USB and SATA are both on the southbridge > > that failed so you lost both, basically. > > Then my natural naive question is, can this be readily replaced, or is it soldered in and/or obsolete? It is about 8 years old. An 8-year old consumer class mobo begs replacing. I think the way to replace the southbridge chip (if that's it) is called floating point solder, or some such. Hardware fails, and just a new kernel for your present drive will get you up and running on a new board. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting