From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 27 23:40:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC1816A412 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F65643D5D for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:40:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9RNeLtf044729; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:40:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k9RNeKEf039181 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:40:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200610272340.k9RNeKEf039181@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:38:23 -0400 To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <45427E46.6000705@deepcore.dk> References: <200610272114.k9RLEwKl038475@lava.sentex.ca> <45427E46.6000705@deepcore.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel DG965SS MB ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:40:24 -0000 At 05:46 PM 10/27/2006, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: >Mike Tancsa wrote: >>Has anyone got this motherboard to work with=20 >>FreeBSD ? I tried fiddling with the BIOS but=20 >>no matter what, 6.2Beta does not see the ad0=20 >>(PATA drive) nor ad4 (SATA drive)... It never=20 >>sees the drive, although it does see the controller as a generic IDE= controller >> >>The intel product code is BOXDG965SSCK >> >>Does this motherboard work in 7.x ? >Dont know that exact board,but the Gigabyte=20 >965P- DS3 I've got here with the same chipset works fine. >The SATA ports on the ICH8 are fully supported and should work on any= board. >However the ICH8 has *no* PATA port, so the PATA=20 >port on mine is a JMicron chip which we support=20 >including its extra 2 SATA ports. >Some Intel boards use Marvell chips that should=20 >work as generic but early reports seems to indicate that is not the case. Hmmmm, I think the dmesg implied Intel parts for=20 the various controllers but I didnt have it on=20 serial console. However, I just got the board=20 at the end of the day and didt have time to=20 fiddle too much. I will try and update the BIOS=20 on Monday and try a few settings to see if I can get it booting. ---Mike=20