Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:01:06 -0800 From: ray@redshift.com To: Olaf Greve <o.greve@axis.nl>,Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More about the 9500S-4 issues with the MoBo and FreeBSD... Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20051129040106.00a50918@pop.redshift.com> In-Reply-To: <438C2322.8020801@axis.nl> References: <438B0CEC.4070308@wmptl.com> <3.0.1.32.20051125041044.00a47720@pop.redshift.com> <3.0.1.32.20051121055411.00aa1490@pop.redshift.com> <20051119200222.V2029@roble.com> <20051119120051.39BE216A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <20051119200222.V2029@roble.com> <3.0.1.32.20051121055411.00aa1490@pop.redshift.com> <3.0.1.32.20051125041044.00a47720@pop.redshift.com> <3.0.1.32.20051125121159.00a5d2f8@pop.redshift.com> <438B0CEC.4070308@wmptl.com>
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At 10:45 AM 11/29/2005 +0100, Olaf Greve wrote: | Hi again, | | Well, the plot thickens... Yesterday the machine was brought to my place | (unfortunately without the user manuals :( ), so I could give various | things a try. | | Bottomline: still no solution. Hi Olaf, I would try flashing the BIOS on the 3ware card, although that's a long shot. I would also check to see if there is a more recent BIOS for the motherboard. I've cursed "very strange problems" in the past by flashing the motherboard bios on supermicro motherboards a couple of times over the years (mainly on workstations however). I wouldn't rule out a motherboard brand change. While ASUS is "good", I personally have avoided them for server use. I've never had any direction problems with them, but over the years we have had such good luck with Tyan and Supermicro. I recall a situation some years back on a Workstation running Windows XP. I built the machine using an Intel 845 motherboard. It was a nightmare. I couldn't get anything to work and the driver installation was a mess, etc. So many conflicts I couldn't keep track. I returned the Intel MB and upgraded to a Supermicro board and "presto" all the problems vanished. Chipsets can have a huge impact on things. While I don't have any first hand experience with the motherboard you are using, you may be knocking your head up against a wall with something relating to the motherboard not liking the 3ware card or something with FreeBSD not liking the chipset. That's just a guess, but it's very possible. I've used the 3Ware card in a number of servers and have never had any problem with it while running under either Linux or FreeBSD. Ray
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