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On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build |
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> into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use |
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> and I like to know, for what it is good for: |
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> These are excerpts from the output of lshw: |
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<SNIP> |
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> but...for what reason there is an audio device in my graphics card? |
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> Sounds to me like a bicycle with onboard toaster... ;) |
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I love the picture, however it is more likely for things like audio over HDMI.. |
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> for the smbus thingy as for the ISA-bridge there no additional info. For what reason |
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> there is an ISA bridge on a board which skipped floppy controller and |
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> IDE??? |
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The ISA stuff is likely for historical conformance to the PC |
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architecture. Not sure if modern motherboards use it anymore, but |
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maybe they do. |
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IIRC the smbus is involved in power switch stuff. It's not unlike I2C |
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but more simple. |
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> How can I make what use of it? |
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;-) Well, put a piece of bread in and push the lever down? ;-) |
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Have a good weekend. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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