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> Same board. Same BIOS upgrade (1.8 to 1.B). I got 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 to work, |
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> but I'm not using SATA so I can't speak to that. But I couldn't get the |
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> nvidia-kernel module to load. I had to upgrade to the latest unstable |
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> version to get it to work at all. But then I discovered I couldn't even get |
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> into the BIOS menu because the keyboard wasn't initialized until after it had |
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> stopped listening for the DEL keystroke. I downgraded back to 1.8 and now it |
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> won't POST! |
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> Note that the versions released went from 1.8 to 1.9 to 1.B. The fact that |
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> 1.A is missing from the lineup makes me wonder if they were having serious |
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> problems with it and decided to pull it. Maybe 1.B still has some of those |
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> problems. |
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> My ($10) replacement chip is slated to arrive today. I've had to get by with |
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> Knoppix on a Windows box for nearly a fortnight. And this was in the middle |
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> of my exams! |
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> I'm half tempted to buy a chip programmer so that this can't happen again. |
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> And if they release any more shoddy BIOS versions, I'd be tempted to avoid |
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> MSI. |
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There was some issue discussed earlier about nvidia and 2.6.13 kernels |
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which basically said to use the unstable (and up to date) version of the |
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nvidia drivers. |
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Did you try connecting the keyboard via the PS/2 ports? |
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I had the same problem with my MSI board until I did it.Enabling Legacy |
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USB support also works most of the time. I also found that sometimes the |
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USB keyboard won't be initialized between the time the BIOS is done |
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posting and until the linux kernel enables it making a mess of LILO but it |
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only seems to happen on a boot out of 2. |
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There are plenty of cases where a BIOS updates skip a version steps. |
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