Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:42:12 -0800 From: Kingson Gunawan <kingson@excite.com> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help needed with DPT card + Asus M/B Message-ID: <34F47414.333C9D67@excite.com> References: <199802251925.LAA26442@MindBender.serv.net>
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Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > >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. > I did that already. The m/b BIOS is the lastest greatest. Quite disappointed by this m/b. My experience with Asus m/b (with different controller cards) had been excellent up until now. Kingson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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