Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261936AbTFBGKl (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2003 02:10:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261939AbTFBGKl (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2003 02:10:41 -0400 Received: from mail.cpt.sahara.co.za ([196.41.29.142]:63474 "EHLO workshop.saharact.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261936AbTFBGKk (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2003 02:10:40 -0400 Subject: Re: Hyper-threading From: Martin Schlemmer To: root@chaos.analogic.com Cc: Linux kernel In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1054534318.5268.14.camel@workshop.saharacpt.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3- Date: 02 Jun 2003 08:11:59 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1543 Lines: 53 On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 18:46, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > Hello, > > Anybody know how to enable hyperthreading? I > have an ABIT IC7-G motherboard (absolute garbage) > with a Phoenix AwardBIOS. They don't provide > any BIOS upgrades and say you have to contact > the board vendor. ABIT doesn't answer email > and www.abit.com ends up being answered by > www.motherboards.com that doesn't provide > any support. > You prob want to try: http://www.abit.com.tw/ With the bios at: http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/download_content.jsp?pTITLE=IC7-G&#Bios I do not see anything HT specific, except a logo thing (maybe). > The crap board came with the peripherals > I paid for, stripped out (no network, etc). > Don't make the mistake of buying this garbage > as I did. I thought that since it was more > expensive than others, it __must__ be the > best!!! > Well, its a matter of opinion I guess, but I have always had good results with Asus motherboards. All Asus bords with chipset supporting HT have BIOS updates to enable support. Also, if you look at older A7N8X (Nforce2 chipset) boards, they now have support for 400Mhz CPU even if not the Ultra400 Chipset (BIOS update) ... makes a difference if you do not have money to upgrade =) Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/