Re: New motherboard (and processor)

[homega@vlc.servicom.es]

Michael Beattie dixit:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998 homega@vlc.servicom.es wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I recently had the motherboard changed in my machine.  There's nothing I've
> > changed in Debian since, and it seems it had no problems with the change. 
> > Just one though, Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work properly.  It starts the shutting
> > down process down to the last line, but when it comes to actually rebooting
> > the system, the screen stays blank and it doesn't reboot (so, I have to
> > resort to the reset button).  Instead, windows95 restarting works fine.
> > Any idea of why this might be?  May be anything I have to change in the
> > BIOS?
> 
> You haven't gone from an AT board to ATX have you? If you have, its a
> simple matter of recompiling the kernel with ATX support.

I'm just checking on it... now, the old m'board is an AT based on the UMC
UM8498F... (made in Taiwan... ops, like faked watches, no wonder...).
The new one is: Pentium 571 TXPROII VGA/3D SO (whatever this all means).
I just hope I don't have to recompile the kernel, I have no idea on how to
do it (besides, it seems to be working ok, except for the rebooting bit).

> >  Also, I got hold of an Intel MMX processor (I currently have a
> > P-120), and am wondering if I have to tell Debian somehow about the change,
> > or will it be just like with the m'board.
> 
> Shouldn't matter. Mine didn't complain.

That's good news... will they keep coming?

Thanks so much.


-- 
Un saludo,

Horacio
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