| Re: music skipping prob... An update on this problem, I've since used the same processor on a Via-based Asus board (which I returned for heat issues) and on an ATI-based Biostar board, and had no such issues, so it seems that my own skipping issue is specifically a problem with the ECS NFORCE4M-A board listed above. This board seems to have issues with the APIC as well as I've heard reports that Linux will only work in uniprocessor mode w/ APIC support disabled, and my own experience with a Slackware install (never quite got to customizing) showed that it had trouble recognizing hardware the kernel had support for, and even a known-good RTL8139-based PCI NIC wouldn't see the network under Linux on this system.
So, basically, steer clear of this motherboard.
I don't know how this might relate to others' skipping problems, unfortunately. Perhaps people who know might list their motherboard manufacturer and chipset?  Kumei, pickpocket of Midgardsormr (Bastok, Rank 8)
THF75, DRK60, NIN40, WAR37, RNG35, DNC35, WHM32, BLM20, RDM14, DRG12, BST8, BRD7, PUP4, SCH4
Alchemy 70, Smithing 50, Goldsmithing 38, Leathercraft 22, Fishing 16
Koren, San d'Orian Adventurer (Rank 6)
WHM51, SMN31, SCH26, BLM26, NIN21, RNG1
Woodworking 29, Cooking 11
All celestials obtained (Trial-Size)
Myrna, Windurstian Merchant
BLM18, WHM6
Clothcraft 24
Nyamohrreh, Windurstian Adventurer (Rank 2)
WAR28, MNK16, WHM13, BLM3 |