Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:16:20 +0100 (BST) | From | William Gallafent <> | Subject | Re: APIC support prevents power off |
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> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:13:52 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > - ensure you have the latest BIOS
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Roger Luethi wrote:
> I tend not to touch the BIOS unless I have reason to believe an update will > fix an actual problem.
FWIW, Updating the BIOS on my Tyan Tiger MP did sort out some (I *think* APIC related) problems I had with a PCI ethernet card under 2.4.18. I agree with your `if it ain't broke don't fix it' approach in general, but in this case updating the BIOS fixed for me a problem that I had not attributed to it!
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