From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 22 14:39:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9091C16A4CE; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:39:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mikehost.net (lvs-1.voxel.net [207.99.115.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FDC143D1F; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:39:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@mike2k.com) Received: by mail.mikehost.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 8821F1C186; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84B0E1C0E0; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:39:19 -0700 (PDT) From: mike X-X-Sender: mike@sql01.internal.mikehost.net To: Peter Losher In-Reply-To: <200406220203.11230.Peter_Losher@isc.org> Message-ID: References: <200406220057.29846.Peter_Losher@isc.org> <20040622083924.GA60244@aoi.wolfpond.org> <200406220203.11230.Peter_Losher@isc.org> mike: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-amd64] Re: Possible 3ware 8506-12 SATA Controller issues... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:39:44 -0000 Just FYI - the 9500 series cards do not suffer from this problem. That was another thing they tried to mention. However, upgrading to the 9500S series they say has no flaky riser card issues anymore. My mainboard is the S2882 as well. I'd suggest swapping out with the 9500S. The price of it isn't much more than the 8506 series, surprisingly... On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Peter Losher wrote: > On Tuesday 22 June 2004 01:39 am, Francois Tigeot wrote: > > > 3Ware 850x cards have PCI interaction issues with some Opteron > > mainboard > > > > Check if your mainboard is not in this list: > > > > https://www.3ware.com/kbadmin/attachments/TM900-0045-00%20Rev%20A_P.pdf > > Thanks, the system in question is using a Tyan Thunder S2882 MB (which > isn't on the list) However, the card was one of the first batch out, so > I can see about getting one of the "fixed" cards... > > > Alternatively you may try to plug the controller in a 32bit PCI slot. > > Yeah, that may be another option. > > Thanks for the pointer! - Peter > -- > Peter_Losher@isc.org | ISC | OpenPGP Key E8048D08 | "The bits must flow" >