Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 21:03:46 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Denis DeLaRoca 825-4580 (310) <CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Cc: hackers@FREEBSD.ORG, multimedia@FREEBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matrox Meteor and PPRO problem found Message-ID: <199611020503.VAA21797@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Nov 1996 11:57:00 PST." <199611011958.LAA19891@rah.star-gate.com>
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>From The Desk Of Denis DeLaRoca 825-4580 : > > Intel and Matrox have jointly confirmed the cause of the recently reported > > issue between the Matrox Meteor graphics adapter board and the Intel 440FX > > chipset. The root cause is an illegal PCI signal generated by the PCI > > interface chip on the adapter board. This is not an Intel Pentium(R) Pro > > processor or an Intel 440FX chipset issue. > > Presumably the same illegal PCI signal is being generated on other > PCI motherboards but they do not fail, is only the 440FX chipset the > one complaining? > > -- Denis > I guess at this stage is to find out from Matrox what exactly is the deal as for a software work around : there is none at this time nor do I think that there will be one. When I ask Intel if there was something that I could do over here it was a sharp and quick *NO*. So far the matrox meteor hard crashing the system is isolated to 440fx (Natoma chipsets) based motherboards. Cheers, Amancio
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