Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:53:56 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: fpollet@relay.perceval.net, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS T2P4 and Adaptec 2940AU Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970116145354.00a51b60@sentex.net>
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At 11:48 AM 1/16/97 -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: < sporadic 2940AU hangs description was here....> >Also given the fact that the AIC7860 chip is a joke compared to the >AIC7880 due to reduced SCB memory space (3 vs 16) and the 2940AU card >is greatly simplified without lowering the cost (even at the OEM level) >I am once again becoming an NCR 53C810 only shop. > > >Try cold power on's, repeatedly, I beat that 1 in 10 or 15 times it >fails to find your SCSI devices. Yes, even cycling the power didnt always give a clean boot... It was quite frustrating... Like I said, I ended up dumping it and getting the older 2940. >> >> >> >>Can somebody help ? >> >I am sure its not what you wanted to hear, but I had the exact same problem >> >with the above mentioned card on an ECS Pentium motherboard... I ended up >> >bugging my distributor to find me a generic 2940.... I am very suprised >> >that someone said they got that particular card working with 2.1.5. I >> >could not even get 2.1.5 to recognize the card for what it was. > >Thanks! More evidence that this is really a generic 2940AU problem, now >we all need to go beat on Adaptec tech AND sales support teams saying they >should really give us back the 2940U and/or FIX the 2940AU AND lower the >price since they have cut the cost of production in major ways. When I called Adaptec support on this, I really got the impression that they were aware of some sort of timeout problem. While waiting in the queue, one of the FAQ questions described a problem similar to what I had. After going through the problem with the support guy (who was quite helpful), it got to the point where he offerred me a straight out trade for the 2940UW no questions asked! I thought this was a good deal, but at the time I could not wait a week for the package to clear customs etc... So, I got a regular 2940 from my distributor who happened to have a few sitting about waiting to go back to Adaptec. You say you have had good luck with the NCR controller ? What is the going price for one, and where can it be had on-line... Where I am its primarly Adaptec thats sold :-( I dont need one quite yet, but our news computer will need a secondary soon and I am rather discouraged with my Adaptec experiences to date.... ---Mike
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