Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ACPI] acpi problem with nforce motherboards and ethernet | From | Craig Bradney <> | Date | Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:07:31 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 10:26, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > Craig Bradney wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 01:58, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > > > >>>There is a way to "activate" cpu Disconnect? or it gets enabled by > >>>simply applying it? > >> > >>In newer Abit BIOSes there is an option, or you use athcool. > >> > >> > >> > >>>Yes, I have a Abit motherboards, perhaps it's the problem with the bios. > >> > >>I have an Abit NF7-S Rev2 with latest Bios. > > > > > > As noted in my last post.. you dont NEED athcool OR Disconnect to get > > stability.. > > > > I've only ever run athcool to check the status.. and my BIOS doesnt have > > disconnect. > > > > A7N8X Deluxe V2 BIOS 1007.. 11 days uptime here.. haven had a crash > > since Ross released those patches ages ago. > > WITHOUT Disconnect my System is stable, but hotter when idle, so that is > not the point. Ross wanted the patched to work with APIC and Disconnect. > > DO you guys use APIC (not ACPI)? I use both APIC (and local APIC) and > ACPI. ACPI is not the problem (unless they break something...) but APIC > and CPU Disconnect makes trouble on nforce2.
athcool reports: nVIDIA nForce2 (10de 01e0) found 'Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnect' bit is enabled.
I have never used athcool to turn it off, and I don't have a BIOS option. APIC, local APIC and ACPI are all on.
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