Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:38:23 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@deepcore.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel DG965SS MB ? Message-ID: <200610272340.k9RNeKEf039181@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <45427E46.6000705@deepcore.dk> References: <200610272114.k9RLEwKl038475@lava.sentex.ca> <45427E46.6000705@deepcore.dk>
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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
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