From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 01:55:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB1416A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:55:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from avout2.midco.net (avout2.midco.net [24.220.0.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567E743D2D for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:55:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdlist@sirjorj.com) Received: (qmail 13189 invoked by uid 1010); 16 Apr 2005 01:55:26 -0000 Received: from bsdlist@sirjorj.com by avout2 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (f-prot: 4.4.2/3.14.11. Clear:RC:1(24.230.144.174):. Processed in 0.208734 secs); 16 Apr 2005 01:55:26 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: bsdlist@sirjorj.com via avout2 X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.22 (Clear:RC:1(24.230.144.174):. Processed in 0.208734 secs) Received: from host-174-144-230-24.midco.net (HELO darko) ([24.230.144.174]) (envelope-sender ) by avout2.midco.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Apr 2005 01:55:26 -0000 From: "Jordon Hofer" To: "Vulpes Velox" , "Jordon Hofer" Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:56:42 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 In-Reply-To: <20050416031949.5a27fd11@vixen42.local.lan> cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ASUS V9400 video card prevents FreeBSD from booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:55:28 -0000 Possible, but it hasn't been a problem in windows at all. My theory behind the firewire is that the card has a chip that supports it but there are no physical connectors, maybe because it is disabled on this cheap card (it was about 30 bucks). jorj -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Vulpes Velox Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:20 AM To: Jordon Hofer Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS V9400 video card prevents FreeBSD from booting On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:14:53 -0500 "Jordon Hofer" wrote: > Greetings. I recently discovered why FreeBSD quit working on my > computer. When I replaced my GeForce 2 MX400 with a GeForce MX > 4000-based card from ASUS (The X Series V9400 with 64 meg of RAM), > FreeBSD no longer boots. For what it's worth, the contents of my > computer are as follows: > > Dual P3-1.4 Tualatin procs in a TYAN mobo > 1 gig RAM > Adaptec 39160 > -9 gig Cheetah (Windows 2k install) > -18 gig Cheetah (NTFS) > -4 gig UltraStar (i dont even remember whats on this one...) > -Plextor CDRW > -Zip Drive > Built-in IDE controller > -40 gig Maxtor (this drive is for FreeBSD) > -Plextor DVDRW > SB Audigy > Netgear NIC > Belkin USB2.0 card > > *** > > The long story is that I had FreeBSD 5.3 on the 40 gig drive from an > install/update/rebuild I did a while back. My dual-boot setup is > pretty unique in that I either have the 40 gig drive plugged in or I > have the SCSI drives plugged in to keep the two systems isolated. I > gave DragonflyBSD a try recently and found that it wouldd hang > during the boot sequence. I then tried booting the BSD install I > already had and found that it hung too. I tried booting the 5.3 > install CD and got the same results. After lots of testing, > including pulling out all hardware that wasnt essential to boot, I > finally remembered that I had recently replaced video cards in favor > of one with DVI support for my new LCD monitor. After I put the old > video card back in, the 5.3 cd booted just fine. I just tried > booting 4.11 (from a real BSDmall-purchased, honest-to-goodness, > ours-goes-to-eleven cd and dvd) and got the same results. > > I really dont know how to proceed from here. If there is any other > trick or way to get info to help the developers recognize this > hardware and/or what is causing it to crash the system, I'm willing > to help. > > *** > > Other interesting things I noticed: > > -Both win2k and bsd5.3 seem to see a firewire adapter on this video > card > even though there is no firewire connector on it. > > -I got halfway through typing out this email last week when win2k > took a > huge dump and the only thing saving me from a reinstall was SpinRite > 6. > > -Yes, I did try booting 5.3 with different options from the menu: > verbose > mode, ACPI, etc... When in non-verbose mode, the last thing I saw > was the waiting 15 sec for SCSI devices message. In verbose mode, I > saw a few messages beyond that. Bad video card maybe? That seems like a reasonable explanation if both windows and freebsd are finding a firewire adapter on it when there is not. If two different OSes with known good drivers for a piece of hardware don't work, I would say the hardware is bad. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"