From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Oct 19 13:44: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from theshell.com (arsenic.theshell.com [63.236.138.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66AD637B4C5 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 16487 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2000 20:44:13 -0000 Received: from arsenic.theshell.com (HELO tequila) (root@63.236.138.5) by arsenic.theshell.com with SMTP; 19 Oct 2000 20:44:13 -0000 From: "Peter Avalos" To: "Justin T. Gibbs" , "Dave Hayes" Cc: Subject: RE: Adaptec 29160 and 4.1/4.1.1 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:46:20 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200010190628.e9J6Snw27570@aslan.scsiguy.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I had an incompatibility problem with an Abit KA7 motherboard and the 29160. Turns out they released a BIOS upgrade that fixed the problem. I guess my point is just that this theory is definitely possible, if not probable. Peter Avalos TheShell.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/ED/B d-(+) s:+> a-- C++$ UBLO++++$ P+ L++++ E- W+ N+ o? K? w(++) !O M- V- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X- R- tv+ b++ DI- D-- G e>+++ h-- r++ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Justin T. Gibbs > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:29 AM > To: Dave Hayes > Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Adaptec 29160 and 4.1/4.1.1 > > > >None of these worked. > > > >Does anyone here recognize any of these symptoms and know of a fix or > >something else to try? I really hate being told "29160s are the best > >you can get and they don't make 2940s anymore" and then not being able > >to get it to work with my favorite OS. > > It really sounds like there is some kind of BIOS incompatibility with > that card, your motherboard, and FreeBSD. As soon as I get back > to work, I'll forward your problem to Adaptec's functional test > lab and see if we can find out what is going wrong. > > -- > Justin > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message