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 1RQbrB-0005L5-RH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:32:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 753ED21C152; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FC1D21C07A for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:31:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iaen33 with SMTP id n33so383025iae.40 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:31:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/x1cOxwGfRE0/QUxDTsbSg5sqGrTcywlb6eMzIKwH5c=; b=HLuKUBPbzDmxuMlG/lpQ13WvJfTtFGYfheEHBr66kiJ73Fjia42M3zA3QjH3trs8pm /AiJlqSsDdwfWyildxw/X3lSIjMjgPN8BE68QL/015fXqWiN4blUySbWAWI09M6rLRnv eC+sXbkXpX0J+KvA5KbjIhPeKeYc5nvNQWiUo= Received: by 10.42.159.1 with SMTP id j1mr31180046icx.20.1321435895078; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:31:35 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.42.175.136 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:31:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EC37A98.4080000@gmail.com> 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> From: James Broadhead Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:31:14 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] swapping processor problem To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f3d2bea5-9d5f-45ff-a4d9-8e7b8317eac2 X-Archives-Hash: d5391eaad62c00c224cdd30e59616aa0 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? =C2=A0Might 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. =C2=A0It'll will be there when it gets marked= stable > tho. =C2=A0I'm in no hurry. =C2=A0Sometimes 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.