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   Lars Erdmann to All   
   Re: Upgrade to 6 core CPU...now desktop    
   09 Jan 12 06:57:25   
   
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   .os.os2.misc:3801   
   From: "Lars Erdmann"    
      
   Does this thing have an NVidia chipset ?   
      
   Lars   
      
   "Dariusz Piatkowski"  schrieb im Newsbeitrag    
   news:Qg5I6Bo2seGy-pn2-Kd0UsLfoqjk4@neurobox...   
   > Folks!   
   >   
   > I was running the AMD Phenom II X4-965 CPU here for about a    
   > year...basically   
   > learning about SMP enabling my machine, etc, etc.   
   >   
   > I figured with today's hardware and our beloved OS2 configuration the way    
   > it is,   
   > I won't be doing any further major upgrades for some time, and since I    
   > have a   
   > working combo I'd just upgrade for a slightly better CPU, so I went to the   
   > Phenom II X6 1100T, which is really the end of the road for the AM2+/AM3    
   > combos.   
   >   
   > So...I figured: OK, add 2 more CPUs to my CONFIG.SYS...right?   
   >   
   > PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /P=6 /APIC   
   >   
   > Well...not so fast...it appears I am running out of memory somewhere...the    
   > real   
   > problem is getting stuck on the blue 'PMSHELL' window when my    
   > 'startup.cmd' VIO   
   > window pops up, and nothing, I mean nothing get's executed. The VIO window    
   > just   
   > sits there...keyboard still seems active, the num-lock flickers, but the    
   > VIO   
   > window or the PMSHELL do not accept any inputs.   
   >   
   > Throttling this back to a 4 core configuration brings the system back to    
   > life on   
   > this X6 Phenom...   
   >   
   > Sooo....the big question is: what am I missing here? Any ideas? Do I need    
   > to do   
   > a full 'hardware detection' boot next?   
   >   
   > Thanks!    
      
      
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