From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RQcE7-0000Dq-ES for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:56:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 87A0921C147; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87A6321C0CF for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:51:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywp18 with SMTP id 18so6858525ywp.40 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:51:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=eyIYKbuxRgCEi+FkTLv8Wq5b24DoaGEohWlBNtiAce8=; b=b1ZUo1g5ph+rX3u3hGrijFBDTNTtTn6g0LKaxEPa7So0wcNk8e2577d4DpGiATmtiR mnnJtgYrpTA/iaS/2MZ51xjm1i8s2AHkEQbY+JldsJX5umTvaR6Gk1WkOWZXpSj/z8TF HvZ11c9lgMMxUrg0j8jnLEr583B8fKFLti44s= Received: by 10.100.240.5 with SMTP id n5mr3260304anh.102.1321437107965; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:51:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-124-88.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.124.88]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 36sm1165271anz.2.2011.11.16.01.51.46 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:51:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EC387B1.9070805@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:51:45 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111022 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] swapping processor problem References: <4EC215DE.50202@st.com> <4EC36768.8030409@gmail.com> <4EC36F66.30204@st.com> <4EC372FC.3040608@gmail.com> <4EC3754C.8050202@st.com> <4EC37A98.4080000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0cd2fb42-3503-417f-ab19-b02be0d56198 X-Archives-Hash: 9a058cc37f5e9ae238ac60d59c20de7d James Broadhead wrote: > On 16 November 2011 08:55, Dale wrote: >> Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >>> On 11/16/2011 09:23 AM, Dale wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe check if there is a BIOS update available? Might be worth a shot. >>> I already upgraded the BIOS to have the dual-core CPU recognized, >>> otherwise the kernel would not even start. There is yet another update >>> on the ASUS site but it's mainly for AM3 processor compatibility and >>> labelled as 'beta' so I'm a bit nervous to try it ;-) >>> >> I have a beta for mine too. It'll will be there when it gets marked stable >> tho. I'm in no hurry. Sometimes waiting is a good idea. > The latest version of my Gigabyte BIOS has been 'in beta' for about 4 > years now -- _and_ it's the version where they add support for > Quad-Core 2s! > > Sometimes it means that they added some features, but can't be > bothered doing a full test suite. > > Mine has been there for quite a while too. According to the timestamps on mine, it was downloaded back in August. Hmmmm, glad mine is working as is. lol Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!