cpu problems

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Robert Hemus <ol.bob at charter.net> 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?

They are SBIOS bugs.  Other than verifying that you're using the
latest SBIOS, all you can do is report them to the vendor of the
motherboard.