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   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   I can't find my original thread, but wanted to add this piece of news real bad   
   -   
   it is good news!!!   
      
   Namely, originally I had purchased a Gigabyte AM770T-UD3P board (AMD 770/710    
   chipset) and fitted it with a AMD Phenom II X2 555 CPU...I had a reasonably   
   easy   
   time getting OS2 up and running in that configuration. However, even though   
   the    
   CPU was a Black Edition processor and I could easily unlock the full 4 cores I    
   could not get OS2 to recognize the extra 2 cores using SMP mode. Whenever I    
   attempted to run in 4 processor mode I would get a trap in os2krnl, or the   
   boot    
   would stop.   
      
   A few days after my tests started the board died...not sure why...it simply    
   would not POST...no video output, fans come on, etc, etc. The board was a used    
   piece I scored off of eBay...so it's suspect at best...you get what you pay   
   for,   
   as the old addage goes.   
      
   After feverishly searching around I then settled on a MSI 790X-G45   
   board...this    
   is a AMD 790/710 shipset based board, VT1828S sound chip, floppy, serial port,    
   etc...standard stuff, no on-board video. Well, as it turns out this board    
   allowed OS2 to fully recognize all the CPU cores...so basically I'm able to   
   run    
   a 4 core SMP system here...and it is absolutely a blast. I'm like a little kid    
   in a candy store!!!   
      
   UniAudio appears to support the VT1828S chip, however there may be some issues    
   with the controls not being initialized properly...most times sound comes    
   on...sometimes I need to query the 'headphones' control to turn ON the    
   sound...minor annoyance really.   
      
   The built-in NIC is not supported (Atheros chipset)...no biggie, I'm carrying    
   over the 3Com NIC anyways from my old system.   
      
   USB ports are good, tested with a USB stick, no issues so far. Lars' latest    
   drivers do cause a problem however...the boot halts...but I haven't had a   
   chance   
   to really debug further.   
      
   Soo...on the whole, I am very pleased. Those of you who might be considering a    
   hardware upgrade should look at this board, it was relatively well priced as    
   well, I purchase it new for $49 after the Microcenter discount.   
      
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