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Date:      Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:00:26 +0100
From:      Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr>
To:        djb@relativity.student.utwente.nl
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Success with ATA drivers and UDMA66
Message-ID:  <385D1D3A.1CD83156@cybercable.fr>
References:  <19991218021726.A931@relativity.student.utwente.nl> <385B2944.6ABE249E@cybercable.fr> <19991218125101.A367@relativity.student.utwente.nl>

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"Dave J. Boers" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 07:27:16AM +0100, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> > Do you boot from the UDMA66 drive ?
> 
> Yes. Bios boot sequence is EXT,C,A; where EXT is set to UDMA66, not SCSI.
> The SCSI disk is a 4.3 Gb WD Enterprise on an Adaptec 2940AU board.
> 
> > What is your BIOS revision ?
> 
> Award Bios v. 4.51PG
> Revision line (bottom of screen) sais:
> 06/08/1999-i440BX-W83977-2A69KA1SC-LP
> Highpoint Bios: HPT 366 v. 1.07

well, here is just gone to the NJ rev, hopefully for the better ..

> 
> > How many SDRAM DIMMs do you use ?
> 
> Currently there is one 128 Mb DIMM in the first slot. In a few weeks I will
> add a 256 Mb DIMM in the second slot, if I can get my hands on one (memory
> prices are going down again).
> 
> > What is the rating of your Power supply ?
> 
> Not quite high enough :-(
> It's a 300 Watt power supply.
> 
> > Do you use an AGP graphics board ?
> 
> Yes. It's a diamond Viper 550 with 8 Mb RAM.
> 
> > (I also have a BP6 and I'm mildly satisfied by its stability up to now,
> > I'm looking for ways to upgrade it and hints to increase the
> > reliability)
> 
> I haven't got any complaints about the BP6, actually. It runs quite nicely
> here. Exactly what are your complaints about it (i.e. why do you say
> "mildly" instead of "wildly")?
> 

Well, combination of bad luck and bad memory DIMM : but I'm in the
process of a full in-RAM buildworld, and it seems to be ok.

	TfH

> Regards,
> 
> Dave Boers.
> 
> --
>   God, root, what's the difference?
>   djb@relativity.student.utwente.nl


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