Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
> [snips]
>
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 08:55:25 -0700, Larry Qualig wrote:
>
> > (Note that none of the articles that I read mentions anything about
> > chipsets not being supported by Windows. But they do mention replacing
> > faulty motherboards.)
>
> No, they mention replacing motherboards, period. If the combination of
> Windows + drivers + motherboards fails, and Windows is *known* not to like
> some motherboards, and some drivers are *known* to be crap and some mobos
> are *known* to be faulty... why assume only one of the three possible
> causes is involved?
>
> Replacing the mobos would, likely, fix the problem. So would, likely,
> changing the OS. That they're changing the mobos suggests that it's
> cheaper to do this than migrate their software to a different OS, not that
> the mobos are, of necessity, the culprit.
>
> > But if it was a chipset issue, why replace the motherboards? Why not
> > simply install a new driver that properly handles the chipset being
> > used?
>
> Because that doesn't always work. Fact is, Windows just _does not
> like_ some mobos, regardless of driver set. Buggy drivers? Perhaps.
> Issues with Windows and, say, DMA handling?
> Could be. Point is we don't know why it occurs,
> at least not in every case... we just know it does -
> and that updated drivers don't always help.
I'm glad that hear that you also agree that Roy's comment of - "Sounds
like Windows' handling of motherboard interrupts." is total bullshit
that he fabricated on the spot.
> > Ah... I should have read this first before attempting to explain chipset
> > drivers. So you obviously understand that the problem could be fixed
> > with correct chipset drivers.
>
> Correct; we understand that it *could be* fixed by such an update...
> "could", not "would". Even with updated drivers, it still doesn't always
> fix the problem.
>
> Hell, I've got an old 366Mhz mobo at home... rock solid under Linux, *used
> to be* rock solid under Win2K... but Win2K+SP4, it spontaneously reboots
> every 24 hours give or take. Regardless of whether I'm using the
> originally-shipped drivers or the latest.
>
> Windows simply *does not like that motherboard*. Something between SP3
> and SP4 changed in Windows which caused it to stop operating reliably on
> that hardware. It never ran reliably again on that mobo... but the mobo
> runs Linux fine.
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