On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 09:46:09AM +0100, Eirik Oeverby wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 10:53:00PM +0100, Eirik ?verby wrote: > >>Firmware versions are equal. BIOS settings are equal. > >>However, a diff of the dmesgs show (apart from MAC address differences): > >> > >>30c30 > >>< Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > >>--- > >>>Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > >> > >>What on earth is that all about? The "slow" box has the ACPI-fast > >>timecounter... > > > >Could be ACPI bugs on your system: > > Yes, but the other system is 100% equal - hardware, bios config, bios and > bootblock revision, controller bioses, etc. etc. > It all matches.
Clearly they're not 100% equal, but (100-epsilon)%. Your job is to identify the origin of the epsilon :-) > Should I complain to HP? If you think you'll get anywhere, it might be worth pursuing. Kris
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