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MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux
Noodlenose notes a thread up on the Ubuntu forums, where a user is questioning the practices of hardware manufacturer Foxconn. The user describes how his new Foxconn motherboard caused his Linux install to freeze and fire off weird kernel errors. He disassembles the BIOS and concludes that a faulty DSDT table is responsible for the errors. Even though the user makes Foxconn aware of the problem, they refuse to correct it, as 'it doesn't support Linux' and is only 'Microsoft certified.' The user speculates darkly on Foxconn's motives. Read the forum, read the code, and come to your own conclusions. "I disassembled my BIOS to have a look around, and while I won't post the results here, I'll tell you what I did find. They have several different tables, a group for Windows XP and Vista, a group for 2000, a group for NT, Me, 95, 98, etc. that just errors out, and one for LINUX. The one for Linux points to a badly written table that does not correspond to the board's ACPI implementation.' The worst part is Foxconn's insistence that the product is ACPI compliant because their tables passed to Windows work, and that Microsoft gave the the magic WHQL certification."
Foxconn apparently.
Foxconn also accuses him of making "idle treats".
I want an idle treat.
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Where do we get a list of Foxconn motherboards?
Um, did you try the internet?
Um, well, isn't this the internet?
I wasn't sure either but Wikipedia to the rescue
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I've done some research, and it appears to be a form of watercooling, but for a person rather than a CPU. I've never overclocked myself to the point where I felt that I needed it, though.
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Where do we get a list of Foxconn motherboards?
Um, did you try the internet?
Um, well, isn't this the internet?
No, this is Abuse.
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