diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index dd00fd556a60abad15662319d5c46fd0f166b26a..67473849f20e0e42cc4d2ef6ae015634b4c830ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	acpi_skip_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
 			Recognize and ignore IRQ0/pin2 Interrupt Override.
 			For broken nForce2 BIOS resulting in XT-PIC timer.
+	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI}
+			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
+			that require a timer override, but don't have
+			HPET
 
 	acpi_dbg_layer=	[HW,ACPI]
 			Format: <int>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 22e4c466e5a3632b74a740d5a9f3111e8d36b3ad..d12fb97a533774f01385b4fb34c1d0e96e1ec44e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_strict);
 acpi_interrupt_flags acpi_sci_flags __initdata;
 int acpi_sci_override_gsi __initdata;
 int acpi_skip_timer_override __initdata;
+int acpi_use_timer_override __initdata;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 static u64 acpi_lapic_addr __initdata = APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE;
@@ -1300,6 +1301,13 @@ static int __init parse_acpi_skip_timer_override(char *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("acpi_skip_timer_override", parse_acpi_skip_timer_override);
+
+static int __init parse_acpi_use_timer_override(char *arg)
+{
+	acpi_use_timer_override = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("acpi_use_timer_override", parse_acpi_use_timer_override);
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
 
 static int __init setup_acpi_sci(char *s)
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
index fe799b11ac0a7e9ce0b6707fe561902a4b4ad4ab..c9841692bb7cc1170861044ecd973916373b18d3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ static int __init check_bridge(int vendor, int device)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	/* According to Nvidia all timer overrides are bogus unless HPET
 	   is enabled. */
-	if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
+	if (!acpi_use_timer_override && vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
 		nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
 		acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
 		if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
 			acpi_skip_timer_override = 1;
+			  printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
+                       "detected. Ignoring ACPI "
+                       "timer override.\n");
+                printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+			 	 "try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
+
 		}
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
index 2b1245d8625849de6033eda814ed72b860faf232..68273bff58ccf251f1f83c5da27e4a71b8f97f5b 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ static void nvidia_bugs(void)
 	/*
 	 * All timer overrides on Nvidia are
 	 * wrong unless HPET is enabled.
+	 * Unfortunately that's not true on many Asus boards.
+	 * We don't know yet how to detect this automatically, but
+	 * at least allow a command line override.
 	 */
+	if (acpi_use_timer_override)
+		return;
+
 	nvidia_hpet_detected = 0;
 	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_HPET, nvidia_hpet_check);
 	if (nvidia_hpet_detected == 0) {
@@ -53,6 +59,8 @@ static void nvidia_bugs(void)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Nvidia board "
 		       "detected. Ignoring ACPI "
 		       "timer override.\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "If you got timer trouble "
+			"try acpi_use_timer_override\n");
 	}
 #endif
 	/* RED-PEN skip them on mptables too? */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
index 6016632d032f745106ec8cf08ab99ff0a3c90559..c80b3a94511a32c1799d020b02b9f0b428996192 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/acpi.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern int acpi_gsi_to_irq(u32 gsi, unsigned int *irq);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
+extern int acpi_use_timer_override;
 #endif
 
 static inline void acpi_noirq_set(void) { acpi_noirq = 1; }
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
index ed59aa4c6ff9c194f0b8a8ca66118d096876090a..9d1916e59c04f22eeff10646d39ca4b879bd9117 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ extern u8 x86_acpiid_to_apicid[];
 #define ARCH_HAS_POWER_INIT 1
 
 extern int acpi_skip_timer_override;
+extern int acpi_use_timer_override;
 
 #endif /*__KERNEL__*/