Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:34:07 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS |
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Olivier Fourdan wrote: > Hi all, > > > Background > ========== > > I have a laptop (Compaq R3480EA, AMD 64 3400+ with NForce3) and reported > multiple problems related to timer issues. > > In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That > causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too > fast (making the laptop unusable for any software development). So far, > no BIOS update was able to fix the issue for me.
Shouldn't this be looked into further rather than adding this workaround? Surely Windows is using the PIT as well, so there must be some way to get it to behave properly..
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