Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of Requirements


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Apr 12, 2013, 10:12:22 PM (12 years ago)
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David Azarewicz
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  • Requirements

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    88Hardware and BIOS:
    9 * Your system must have generic, standards compliant hardware. The PSD has workarounds for, and will work on systems with minor hardware quirks. However, systems that employ major deviations from the standards may not work properly. See the Problematic Hardware and Vendors section below.
     9* Your system must have generic, standards compliant hardware. The PSD has workarounds for, and will work on systems with minor hardware quirks. However, systems that employ major deviations from the standards may not work properly. See the Problematic Hardware and Vendors section below. In summary, AMD CPUs and chipsets are OK, Intel CPUs and chipsets are OK, Nvidia hardware is not recommended.
    1010* Your system must have valid ACPI tables that properly describe the hardware. The PSD has workarounds for some common minor ACPI defects, so systems with these minor ACPI defects will work. Systems with seriously broken ACPI tables will not work properly.
    1111* If any devices uses an interrupt higher than 31, those devices will not work and may prevent the system from booting.
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    2626== Problematic Hardware and Vendors ==
    27 * Systems from Acer are known to have serious compatibility problems and may not work properly.
    28 * Some motherboards that use an Nvidia chipset have serious compatibility problems and usually will not work properly.
     27* Systems from Acer are known to have serious compatibility problems and may not work properly. Acer hardware is not recommended.
     28* Some motherboards that use an Nvidia chipset have serious compatibility problems and usually will not work properly. Nvidia hardware is not recommended.
    2929* Systems from Packard Bell have been reported to not work properly.
    3030* A few systems from Dell have issues, but usually can be made to work.