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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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