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1WTM2011110834297897	Re: Motherboard Crosshair III Formula [ID=RWTM2011110834297897-969]	2011-11-07 19:16:03
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31. My first question is straight forward will there be an bios revision to support the new 
4AMD FX CPU's (Bulldozer) for my motherboard? Probably but we dont know.
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8The second question requires a bit more technical aptitude maybe you can bounce 
9the question off one of you're in house Linux lover (I know you have at least one lol). Actually we have none. 
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12---------- Original Message ----------
13From : *******@gmail.com
14Sent : 11/7/2011 7:16:03 PM
15To : "tsd@asus.com.tw"
16Subject : Motherboard Crosshair III Formula 
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20[CASEID=WTM2011110834297897]
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24Apply date : 11/7/2011 7:04:29 PM(UTC Time)
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26[Contact Information]
27*Name : Ron 
28*Email Address : *******@gmail.com
29Phone Number : ***.***.****
30City : Manchester
31*Country : United States
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33[Product Information]
34*Product Type : Motherboard
35*Product Model : Crosshair III Formula
36*Product S/N : ***********
37Place of Purchase : New Egg
38*Date of Purchase : 2010/2/3
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40*Operating System : Linux 
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42[Problem Description]
43Dear Sir/Madam,
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45My first question is straight forward will there be an bios revision to support the new 
46AMD FX CPU's (Bulldozer) for my motherboard? I really hope so or I will be greatly 
47saddened/disappointed.
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49The second question requires a bit more technical aptitude maybe you can bounce 
50the question off one of you're in house Linux lover (I know you have at least one lol).
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52For whatever reason my Gentoo install isn't reporting the correct DRAM speed that I 
53know is set in BIOS @1600Mhz. 
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55$ lshw -short -class memory
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57H/W path Device Class Description
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59/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
60/0/4/5 memory 512KiB L1 cache
61/0/4/6 memory 2MiB L2 cache
62/0/4/7 memory 6MiB L3 cache
63/0/40 memory 8GiB System Memory
64/0/40/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
65/0/40/1 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
66/0/40/2 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
67/0/40/3 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
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69I can parse a few other commands but this is suffice and too the point. Any help 
70would be greatly appreciated.
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72Thanks,
73Ron
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75Portage 2.1.10.32 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.6.2, glibc-2.13-r4, 
763.1.0-gentoo x86_64)
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78System uname: Linux-3.1.0-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-
79_II_X4_965_Processor-with-gentoo-2.1