cpu problems

[Leon Goldstein]

Robert Hemus wrote:

>Gents, and the honorable, vivacious young lady who frequently visits
>these parts,
>
>While I was installing SuSE 11.0 I saw an option, Firmware Test, so
>after I was done and monkeying around I decided to run it.  Voila! I had
>a problem.  
>Test results:  3 fail, 4 warn, 12 pass, 19 total.
>F--  The memory map has a memory hole between 15Mb & 16 Mb
>
>F--  DMI information check.  No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found.
>
>F--  HPET Configuration test failed to locate HPET base.
>
>Are these failures reparable with BIOS settings or some other cheap
>procedure?  Do I continue to live with them or am I out big bucks for a
>processor?
>
>Awaiting all of your responses, and thank you,
>Bob 
>
>  
>
What is your CPU?  Check the maufacturer's website for known harware bugs.

I think your "fails" are BIOS settings.  It's been a while, but IIRC the 
memory hole is reserved for copying the BIOS for fast access and dates 
back to the good ol' DOS expanded and extended memory management.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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