Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:43:12 +0100 From: Angelo Turetta <aturetta@commit.it> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: nForce 430i doesn't recognise SATA devices Message-ID: <477632D0.6020205@commit.it> In-Reply-To: <4774EA57.2000602@freebsd.org> References: <4774EA57.2000602@freebsd.org>
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Andre Oppermann wrote: > FreeBSD 7.0BETA4 can't be installed on a NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI / > nForce 430i based ASUS P5N-E SLI board. The nForce 430i south bridge > SATA ports are detected SATA devices do not get probed or detected. > It complains about timeouts and the device name is "unknown". > FreeBSD 6.3RC1 doesn't work either. > > The relevant portions of the dmesg are below (the JMicron controller > is only for an external ESATA port): I had a lot of problems with a ASUS M2N (also with MCP51 SATA). Particularly with oldish PCI cards scrambling the embedded devices' IRQ: try moving PCI cards to different slots, or booting without any PCI card. I suppose you upgraded your BIOS to the latest version available? Also the setting about Plug-n-play OS is of course important. HTH, Angelo
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