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   From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    
      
   > ...something else which I looked up in the BIOS this time, the    
   > description for hte IOAPIC says the following:   
   >   
   > 'Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list'   
   >   
   > Now...does that make sense, and can you shed some light on this?   
   >   
      
   No, it doesn't make sense. It tells me that your SETUP utility was put    
   together in a fairly slapdash manner, with the wrong text attached to    
   the setting.  Here is a correctly selected, albeit not quite English,    
   description, from an MSI manual:   
      
   > IOAPIC Function   
   >   
   > This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced    
   > Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001    
   > design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC    
   > mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system.   
   >   
   > Settings: [Enabled], [Disabled].   
      
   It expands it by two (three for some chipsets), and even then only if    
   the local APICs are enabled.   
      
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