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Subject: Re: MCP55 SATA problems (was Re: PATA-SATA convertor drive
	inaccessibility)
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Mark Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Mark Powell wrote:
>
>> Ok some further info.
>
> This seems MCP55 related.
>   I have moved my two PATA SATA converted drives onto a Sil 3132=20
> 2-port PCI-E controller. I have no drives on the MCP55 SATA ports. I=20
> have cabled my 3rd drive directly into the MCP55 IDE port. No problems =

> whatsoever with 7.0 now. My zfs raidz has come back to life :)
>   The system reboots properly now and the BIOS is happy restarting the =

> PC.
>   7.0 is definately doing something screwy with the MCP55 SATA=20
> controllers, but only when a drive is connected to them. Otherwise=20
> it's fine.
Hmm, it does work fine here even with PATA<>SATA dongels in use on a=20
MCP55 system...

I'll check the code for obvious faults once again, but since nVidia=20
doesn't hand out docs it might be more sinister than that....

-S=F8ren