Vista fun!

[Apatewna]

The following picture depicts a serious installation error and was captured mid-fixing the problem. It can be done if you are lazy enough (don't try this at home). Seen on Vista Business Edition Greek.

[antik]

The following picture depicts a serious installation error and was captured mid-fixing the problem. It can be done if you are lazy enough (don't try this at home). Seen on Vista Business Edition Greek.

Hot-swapped cpu's?

[DragnLord]

looks like an instance of the "Core2 Duo bug" raising it's head, this can happen with ANY operating system (including the BSDs)
the fix is to update the BIOS, since it reports the cores running at different frequencies (thus causing the problem)

[The alternative fix that I prefer: use an AMD 64x2 CPU instead]

[mogchr]

AMD 64 X2 is not as powerful as the Core 2's. They were good for a period of 2 years, now I see that Intel has the upper hand. Just upgrade the bios. No big deal.

[Oliver Herold]

>the fix is to update the BIOS, since it reports the cores running at different frequencies (thus causing the problem)

This is nonsense, the problems are already fixed in FreeBSD and you just don't need a bios update. Furthermore a Core2Duo is faster and delivers more power per Watt. The X2 is at the moment just inferior. I'm using a 4200 X2 and a C2D at desktop and a C2D too a the laptop, I wouldn't even consider buying a new AMD in the next couple of years.

http://blog.springdaemons.com/articles/ ... ode-update

Ahm and for Vista/XP too:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936357/en-us

[putu]

looks like an instance of the "Core2 Duo bug"

I thinks it's the BIOS bug :roll: