From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 25 11:28:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25183 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:28:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25099 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:27:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelv@MindBender.serv.net) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA26442; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:25:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802251925.LAA26442@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: kingson@excite.com cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, Tom , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help needed with DPT card + Asus M/B In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:08:29 -0800. <34F46C2D.92C55594@excite.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:24:17 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Simon Shapiro wrote: >> On 25-Feb-98 Tom wrote: >> > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Kingson Gunawan wrote: >> >> Does anybody successfully run the DPT SmartRaid4 (PW-3334UW) with ASUS >> >> P2L97-DS? This combination keeps failing me... >> >> Asus P2L97-DS dual PII-300 >> > Check IRQ settings. Is anything else on the same IRQ as the DPT >> > controller? >> That is not it. Unless some other driver is stealing the PCI interrupt >> (which I do not know how to do with PCI). >Simon, Tom, >I tried the following without any success: > >1. Disabling both L? caches >2. Disabling anything in the BIOS such as PS/2 mouse function, etc. >3. Assigning specific IRQ in the BIOS to my ISA card (although it is a >PnP SB16 card). >4. Removing all cards other than the DPT and video card. >5. Moving DPT around to different slots. >6. Changing the m/b with another unit of the same made and model. >7. Compile the kernel with a number of DPT options on/off. > >DPT and Asus board simply won't cooperate. Changing the m/b to Air >P6KDI makes things work instantly. I think I am about to incinerate the >m/b... :-) Have you tried checking the Asus web site to see if there is a more recent BIOS with a bug fix, that you might be able to flash? Can't think of anything else to try, but I have always believed Asus motherboards to be top-notch, up 'til now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon mvanloon@exmsft.com michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message