Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:03:16 -0600
From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: X86_64 + VIA + 4g problems
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Carsten Otto wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 08:01:08PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
>>Alternatively you can try with the appended patch. If that helps
>>then the chipset or the BIOS likely has some fundamental issue with >4GB.
> 
> 
> Based on the first few minutes of testing this works perfectly! Thanks a
> lot!
> 
> PS: Does it make sense to contact my shop and/or Abit and/or VIA
> regarding this problem? I don't want to pay money for broken hardware.

I suspect VIA may be the best place to complain to, it is most likely 
their breakage. I don't know how responsive they are to such things however.

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