[wellylug] AMD Processor model unknown

[E Chalaron]

Ok to confirm I have a BIOS FE when phenom support starts at FF ...one
update short ....
The following one (FG) supports phenom triple core.. I might go to this
one directly.
Cheers
E

On 31/03/10 09:09, E Chalaron wrote:
> Hi Daniel
>
> 180 fps ?????? WOW !!!!! not even close to that ...
> In fact after RTFM the BIOS does show processor unknown, Linux is just
> replacating the message.
> So not a Suse problem or whatsoever .. a BIOS issue clearly.
>
> fortunately I found that :
> http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html
> which says ....
>
> "Gigabyte owners check owners manual. They have ezflash facility.
> Download BIOS update files, write them to the vfat formatted flash disk
> and shutdown. Select at the beginning to enter ezflash. Point flash and
> you're good to go."
>
> Now time for plug and pray :-\
> Cheers
> E
>
>
>
> On 31/03/10 08:23, Daniel Reurich wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 15:03 +1300, E Chalaron wrote: 
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi Daniel
>>> It is 2.6.31.12-0.2-default
>>> GPU driver ok etc ... RAID 0 ok ...
>>> ffmpeg is painfully slow, I mean slower than on a recycled AMD S1 socket
>>> on an mini ITX board :'(
>>> It's more the "modele unknown" that is bugging me... I mean the CPU is
>>> on the Ok list for this mobo.
>>> Or is it a Linux / suse thing ?
>>>     
>>>       
>> Nope, mine shows up fine.  probably needs a bios upgrade to shwo this up
>> properly.  (Works for me on 2.6.30 with Phenom II x4 955).  And ffmpeg
>> should fly on that.  (I've done some encoding a while back and got 120 -
>> 180 fps dv to mpeg2 for pal720x576.  What is the output of top while
>> your doing an ffmpeg run.
>>
>> Regards,
>> 	Daniel
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
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