Hi, MSI doesn't support it. However it *does* work. I've just spoken to a guy with the same board and the same CPUs as me, he uses WinXP and it detects and uses both his CPUs (I even had him look at the CPU graphs while running a few MP3 encodings in parallel). The board (BIOS) complains during boot, though. So.. Perhaps MSI doesn't support it, though I don't give a rats ass about what they support or don't support - it's all politics anyway. And again - it's the exact same chipset as on the Asus board, and that one has no gripes with these CPUs. They are un-modded obviously. So.. Here's hoping ;) /Eirik David Lodeiro wrote: > Hi, > > I have this same motherboard, and it doesnt actually support anything but > dual MP processors. There is a mod that you can do to a XP processor that > will make the motherboad believe that it is a MP processor and enable you to > use it, but this would void any warranty. > > http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/pcextreme/page_316.shtml > > I havnt tried this personally. > > But, other than that it is not supported. > > Thanks > > David Lodeiro > >>Whopps, forgot the output from 'mptable -dmesg' >>Sorry, >>/Eirik >> >>=========================================================================== >>==== >> >>MPTable, version 2.0.15 >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >> >>MP Floating Pointer Structure: >> >> location: BIOS >> physical address: 0x000f4b00 >> signature: '_MP_' >> length: 16 bytes >> version: 1.4 >> checksum: 0x7d >> mode: Virtual Wire >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >> >>MP Config Table Header: >> >> physical address: 0x000f1400 >> signature: 'PCMP' >> base table length: 284 >> version: 1.4 >> checksum: 0x79 >> OEM ID: 'OEM00000' >> Product ID: 'PROD00000000' >> OEM table pointer: 0x00000000 >> OEM table size: 0 >> entry count: 27 >> local APIC address: 0xfee00000 >> extended table length: 0 >> extended table checksum: 0 >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >> >>MP Config Base Table Entries: >> >>-- >>Processors: APIC ID Version State Family Model Step >>Flags >> 0 0x11 BSP, usable 6 4 4 >> 0xfbff >> 1 0x11 AP, unusable 6 4 4 >> 0xfbff >>-- >>Bus: Bus ID Type >> 0 PCI >> 1 PCI >> 2 PCI >> 3 ISA >>-- >>I/O APICs: APIC ID Version State Address >> 2 0x11 usable 0xfec00000 >>-- >> >>I/O Ints: >>Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID PIN# >>INT active-lo level 2 0:D 2 19 >>INT active-lo level 0 7:B 2 17 >>INT active-lo level 1 5:A 2 17 >>INT active-lo level 2 9:A 2 17 >>ExtINT conforms conforms 3 0 2 0 >>INT conforms conforms 3 1 2 1 >>INT conforms conforms 3 0 2 2 >>INT conforms conforms 3 3 2 3 >>INT conforms conforms 3 4 2 4 >>INT conforms conforms 3 5 2 5 >>INT conforms conforms 3 6 2 6 >>INT conforms conforms 3 7 2 7 >>INT active-hi edge 3 8 2 8 >>INT conforms conforms 3 9 2 9 >>INT conforms conforms 3 12 2 12 >>INT conforms conforms 3 13 2 13 >>INT conforms conforms 3 14 2 14 >>INT conforms conforms 3 15 2 15 >>-- >>Local Ints: >>Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID PIN# >>ExtINT conforms conforms 0 0:A 255 0 >>NMI conforms conforms 0 0:A 255 1 >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>---- >> >>dmesg output: >> >>Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. >>Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 >> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >>FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #12: Tue May 4 16:12:21 CEST 2004 >> root_at_eirik.unicore.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EIRIK >>Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc07fb000. >>Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/if_fxp.ko" at 0xc07fb1f4. >>ACPI APIC Table: <AMD2P AWRDACPI> >>Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 >>CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) processor (1400.06-MHz 686-class CPU) >> Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x644 Stepping = 4 >> >>Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA >>,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR> AMD Features=0xc0440000<RSVD,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!> >>real memory = 1073676288 (1023 MB) >>avail memory = 1045348352 (996 MB) >>MADT: Forcing active-lo polarity and level trigger for IRQ 9 >>ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard >>random: <entropy source, Software, Yarrow> >>Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled >>acpi0: <AMD2P AWRDACPI> on motherboard >>acpi0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 >>Found $PIR table, 11 entries at 0xc00fdec0 >>acpi0: Power Button (fixed) >>acpi0: Sleep Button (fixed) >>Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 >>acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x608-0x60b on acpi0 >>acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0 >>acpi_cpu1: <CPU> on acpi0 >>device_probe_and_attach: acpi_cpu1 attach returned 6 >>acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 >>acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0 >>pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0x6e0-0x6ff,0x600-0x6df,0xcf8-0xcff >>on acpi0 >>pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 >>agp0: <AMD 762 host to AGP bridge> port 0xec00-0xec03 mem >>0xf7000000-0xf7000fff,0xe8000000-0xefffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 >>agp0: Reserved 0x8000000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xe8000000 >>agp0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x14 type 3 at 0xf7000000 >>pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 >>pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 >>pci1: <display, VGA> at device 5.0 (no driver attached) >>isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 >>isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 >>atapci0: <AMD 768 UDMA100 controller> port >>0xe000-0xe00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 7.1 on pci0 >>atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xe000 >>atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0 >>atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6 >>ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 >>atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0x170 >>atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0x376 >>ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 >>pci0: <bridge, PCI-unknown> at device 7.3 (no driver attached) >>pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 7.5 (no driver attached) >>pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 16.0 on pci0 >>pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 >>ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xf6020000-0xf6020fff irq 19 >>at device 0.0 on pci2 >>ohci0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xf6020000 >>ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support >>usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0 >>usb0: USB revision 1.0 >>uhub0: AMD OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 >>uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered >>fxp0: <Intel 82551 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xd000-0xd03f mem >>0xf6000000-0xf601ffff,0xf6021000-0xf6021fff irq 17 at device 9.0 on pci2 >>fxp0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xf6021000 >>miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0 >>inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 >>inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto >>fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:0c:76:ac:6a:48 >>fxp0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port >>0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 >>fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold >>fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 >>sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 >>sio0: type 16550A >>sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 >>sio1: type 16550A >>ppc0 port 0x778-0x77b,0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 >>ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >>ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 >>plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 >> >>lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 >>lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >>ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 >>atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 >>atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 >>kbd0 at atkbd0 >>atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 >>psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 >>acpi_cpu1: <CPU> on acpi0 >>device_probe_and_attach: acpi_cpu1 attach returned 6 >>cpu0 on motherboard >>npx0: [FAST] >>npx0: <math processor> on motherboard >>npx0: INT 16 interface >>orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xcc000-0xcd7ff,0xc0000-0xc87ff on isa0 >>pmtimer0 on isa0 >>sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 >>sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> >>vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 >>Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1400057104 Hz quality 800 >>Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec >>ad0: 38166MB <WDC WD400BB-32CLB0> [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 >>acd0: CDROM <FX4830T> at ata1-master PIO4 >> >>Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a >>WARNING: / was not properly dismounted >>vmmon: Module vmmon: registered with major=200 minor=0 tag=$Name: >>build-570 (3.2.x mvm) $ >>vmmon: Module vmmon: initialized >>vmnet1: Ethernet address: 00:bd:cd:4d:00:01 >>fxp0: promiscuous mode enabled >>vmnet1: promiscuous mode enabled >>pci0: driver added >>pci0:7:3: reprobing on driver added >>pci0:7:5: reprobing on driver added >>pcm0: <AMD-768> port 0xe800-0xe83f,0xe400-0xe4ff irq 17 at device 7.5 on >>pci0 >>pcm0: Reserved 0x100 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0xe400 >>pcm0: Reserved 0x40 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0xe800 >>pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC200 AC97 Codec> >>pci1: driver added >>pci1:5:0: reprobing on driver added >>pci2: driver added >> >>Eirik Oeverby wrote: >> > Hi, >> >>>I've bumped into a rather curious problem - not really FreeBSD specific, >>>but I was still hoping some wizard could help me solve it. >>> >>>I've recently changed from an Asus A7M266-D board to a MSI K7D Master-L >>>board, due to the Asus dying on me. I'm running with dual Athlon 1.4ghz >>>CPUs (non-MP, just plain old Athlon CPUs), and with the Asus this was no >>>problem at all. Performance was fine, both CPUs were utilized well, and >>>all was good. >>>Now with the MSI board, the BIOS complains on bootup that the CPUs I'm >>>using aren't MP-capable, and that it has disabled one and is running in >>>UNIprocessor mode. >>>As you will see in the output from mptable(1) below, the 2nd CPU is >>>found, but marked as 'unusable'. Now obviously since I was using the >>>same two CPUs on the Asus board, they *do* work in dual mode, and the >>>chipsets on the two motherboards are exactly the same. Thus there's no >>>good reason (from my POV) why the BIOS is disabling my 2nd CPU and >>>ruining my fun.. >>> >>>Does anyone know a way to get around this? Perhaps to force-enable the >>>2nd CPU in the kernel or something? I've read reports that Windows XP >>>actually recognizes and uses both CPUs despite what the BIOS says, which >>>to me is an indication that it should be possible somehow. I also >>>suspect that the actual check in the BIOS could be disabled by some >>>hackery in the BIOS flash file, however I'd like to try other options >>>first. >>> >>>If anyone think they can help, it'd be most appreciated! >>> >>>With best regards, >>>/Eirik >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>"freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Wed May 05 2004 - 03:46:40 UTC
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