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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (49349)	7/29/2001 8:00:10 PM
From: fyodor_	Respond to of 275872

Tench: The current list of 850 errata doesn't seem to include the one we're talking about, so maybe the problem has been fixed already. You'd think that should be the case 8-9 months after the initial platform release, no? The errata list was quoted on the thread a week or so ago, but I didn't check any of the details, so it may well have been an old one. In any event, I don't believe the bug was ever that much of a problem. IIRC, the problem was with high-bandwidth, non-bus-mastering PCI devices (hence your reference to graphics cards). Virtually(?) no "new" devices fit this description, so the bug would only ever be encountered if someone attempted to move a PCI card from an old computer to a new P4 (e.g. moving your old video-capture board to your new system). While this may occur from time to time, it isn't what I would consider a really serious issue. Fact is, virtually all P3, P4 and SocketA platforms are remarkably stable (when configured properly&#133 blah blah blah) - unlike the Socket7 and SS7 platforms, which just plain didn't work well. (yes, the P3+MTH didn't work well in many situations, but there are always a few exceptions - no reason to go overboard and pummel one platform or another for being "unstable"). -fyo