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I tinkered with the X-FI a bit last night
I found that some SMBus controller was IRQ sharing with the X-Fi. I don't recall the exact name.
The PCI/PnP option in the BIOS allows setting a manual IRQ. So I played with that.
Oddly enough I found that the SMBus would follow whatever IRQ I...
The replacement for my DOA rev.1 board was a rev.2.
It booted up just fine on the first try.
I will post more information this weekend after I have some time to install and tweak everything.
Repeating myself from another thread, but
I ordered a DS3 on 1/22, rev 1.0
It was DOA
My replacement arrives today. If this one is another DOA r1.0 I'll probably just send back for refund and eat the restocking fee and another shipping fee.
Unfortunately the local TigerDirect doesn't...