Doug Bissett said:

I think the support for the AMD/ATI chipset, is far better than the

support for AMD/NFORCE is. I got an Asus M3A78-EM motherboard (ATI

chipset), with an AMD triple core Phenom processor. ECS 2.0 RC6a (and

RC2, updated to ACPI 3.14) works pretty good with:

/SMP /PIC

It hangs at the boot logo, if I try:

/SMP /APIC

with, or without, any of the other switches.

Update:

ACPI does work well, with /SMP /PIC

Trying to use /SM /APIC sesults in a hard hang, apparently, when it attempts to load USBOHCI.SYS. It was suggested to try:

/SMP /APIC and /!NOD

That actually got a little further, but hangs on SDDHELP<whatever>.

I am awaiting further developments, but for now, I am happy...

I have got another one of these, with an AMD Quad core processor. It works about the same as with the triple core processor. I also find, that it works better with the older OS2APIC.PSD, than it does with ACPI.PSD. The difference is that the system hangs, for no apparent reason, after about 4 to 6 hours, when using ACPI.PSD, and runs for 4 to 6 DAYS with OS2APIC.PSD, without any problems, then it starts doing odd things, but doesn't hang. I see this same result on both systems.

Another update: ACPI 3.16 (pre), seems to have fixed a hang, that was happening after about 4 hours. It now runs about the same (5 to 7 days), before having problems, whether I use ACPI, or the older OS2APIC. Overall, I am pleased with this system, and my brother is too (he now has the triple core).

to enable de spdif port for optical link

i place in config

run c:\mmos2\unimix.exe -id:29 -cnt0

-val1

by defauft the id:29 is 0

i have the sound on analog port and the spdif

i use UniAud 1.9.11

Another update:

I have now updated to ACPI 3.19.15. WOW!

The power manager stuff is working.

Reactor temperature widget is working, but it needs to be set to the Asus P5B setting in the widget properties.

There is no need for any parameters on the PSD=ACPI.PSD line in CONFIG.SYS. APIC now works.

More:

The ACPI 3.21.03 update makes this thing work really well. I am using SNAP 3.18 for video so that Doodle's Screen Saver can turn the screen off. I also updated to a new wide screen (LG E2442 TC). The Wide screen enabler works well.

One bad thing is that the onboard NIC crapped out. I installed a PCI card that has a Realtek 8169 on it. That also works well with the newest Multimac driver.