Getting that new hardware itch... The purchase!

[Net Llama!]

On 01/31/2006 05:45 PM, Alan Jackson wrote:
> So I did it. I picked up a new system about 2 weeks ago. I used
> a local outfit (Terian) who mostly build servers. They got a good
> discount on parts, so it might actually have cost me more if I had built it.
> 
> I got :
> 
> AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, 2 Ghz
> Asus A8N-SLI

Good choice, i've got one of those at work.

> 
> 2 160 Gb SATA disks
> 
> 2 Gb memory
> 
> Nvidia GeForce 6200TC

ugh.

> 
> Acoustic Authority subwoofer & speakers
> 
> 500W Antec Smartpower
> 
> DVD/CD RW
> 
> It really rocks. And it is soooo quiet. Amazing. It came with Redhat
> Enterpise preloaded. First thing I did was repartition the disk and break
> the redhat installation. But I fixed it and began to load Gentoo. Still
> migrating all my stuff. I have a lot of stuff. It hardly breaks a sweat,
> even when compiling KDE. The cpu runs at about 83 deg F when it idles, and 
> pops up to 98 deg F during a serious compile.
> 
> Only one problem. I can't run SMP kernels. Both redhat and gentoo SMP
> kernels have problems. In X, keypresses start repeating liiikkkkeeeee
> ttthhhiiiiiisssssss. And the mouse goes crazy. So I've turned in bug

That's a BIOS bug (you don't even want to know how i know this) assuming 
that you're using USB mouse/keyboard.  Make sure that you've got the 
latest BIOS, and if so, start yelling at Asus.

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