On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 01:06 +0200, fons adriaensen wrote: > Agreed 100%. I just wonder about the availability of the required > chip on mainstream motherboards. My machine (2 years old now) doesn't > have it, as far as I'm able to find out. Does anyone have more > visibility on this ? > I guess you're referring to the HPET. The high res timer patch will use it if available, but it's not required. It works by reprogramming the PIT, using the TSC or ACPI PM timer for interpolation. Lee