From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 29 11:55:17 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B95C216A419; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:55:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aturetta@commit.it) Received: from aa001msb.fastweb.it (aa001msb.fastweb.it [85.18.95.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78F3F13C447; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:55:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aturetta@commit.it) Received: from mail.logital.it (89.97.230.176) by aa001msb.fastweb.it (7.3.118.6) id 469C21470A94ECCF; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:43:23 +0100 Received: from [192.168.43.66] ([151.65.155.56]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.logital.it (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBTBhJRa025788 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:43:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from aturetta@commit.it) Message-ID: <477632D0.6020205@commit.it> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:43:12 +0100 From: Angelo Turetta User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4774EA57.2000602@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4774EA57.2000602@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.91.2, clamav-milter version 0.91.2 on mail.logital.it X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Andre Oppermann Subject: Re: nForce 430i doesn't recognise SATA devices X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:55:17 -0000 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