Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:20:41 +1000 From: "Andrew Hall" <aah@impaq.net.au> To: <aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FIXED!!! Message-ID: <002601bd9e3c$c2aaed10$880e0aca@ahall.impaq.net.au>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01BD9E90.92DA6F30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Okay, to everyone who has been having grief with 7880 / 7895 chipsets = and linux 2.1.105/2.0.34 with the persistent=20 scsi bus timeout... trying harder... reset bus... scsi bus timeout... etc, thanks to a suggestion from a guy who helped me with what I thought was = a totally unrelated problem, I think I now know what is causing it. = There is a setting in the bios on the new ATX motherboards to do with = power management. I'm still not sure what it does, but here is this = guy's suggestion and believe it or not it worked and I had no more = problems with any of my devices: Hi Andrew, I had a similar problem with a Tyan Tiger motherboard, same kernel (RH51 = distribution) and an 82558.(Intel eepro100b NIC) Now, I'm assuming that your motherboard may be an ATX conforming to the=20 PC98 standards. If so, then there are two BIOS settings that may solve=20 your problem. The first is in power management and is called "ACPI = Aware=20 OS", it should be set to "No". The second is in chipset setup and is=20 called "ACPI Control Register", it should be set to "Disabled" (I = believe=20 it's enabled by default). I don't know a whole lot about PC98 and ACPI, I just know that none of = my=20 PCI cards would work until I disabled the ACPI control register. Hope this helps, Mark It did.. it helped me no end... So thanks mark, and I hope it helps = others who are having the same problems.. regards, Andrew. ps. Thanks Troy and others for your help too..=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01BD9E90.92DA6F30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Okay, to everyone who has been = having grief with=20 7880 / 7895 chipsets and linux 2.1.105/2.0.34 with the=20 persistent </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>scsi bus timeout...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>trying harder...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>reset bus...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>scsi bus timeout... = etc,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>thanks to a suggestion from a guy = who helped me=20 with what I thought was a totally unrelated problem, I think I now know = what is=20 causing it. There is a setting in the bios on the new ATX motherboards = to do=20 with power management. I'm still not sure what it does, but here is this = guy's=20 suggestion and believe it or not it worked and I had no more problems = with any=20 of my devices:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Hi Andrew,<BR><BR>I had a similar problem with a Tyan Tiger = motherboard,=20 same kernel (RH51 <BR>distribution) and an 82558.(Intel eepro100b=20 NIC)<BR><BR>Now, I'm assuming that your motherboard may be an ATX = conforming to=20 the <BR>PC98 standards. If so, then there are two BIOS settings = that may=20 solve <BR>your problem. The first is in power management and is = called=20 "ACPI Aware <BR>OS", it should be set to "No". = The=20 second is in chipset setup and is <BR>called "ACPI Control = Register",=20 it should be set to "Disabled" (I believe <BR>it's enabled by=20 default).<BR><BR>I don't know a whole lot about PC98 and ACPI, I just = know that=20 none of my <BR>PCI cards would work until I disabled the ACPI control=20 register.<BR><BR>Hope this helps,<BR>Mark</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>It did.. it helped me no end... So = thanks mark,=20 and I hope it helps others who are having the same = problems..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Andrew.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>ps. Thanks Troy and others for your = help=20 too.. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01BD9E90.92DA6F30-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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