Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:21:07 -0500 From: dieterbsd@engineer.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 12 SATA ports via PCI-X slots Message-ID: <8CD5AED0B7F3043-1204-1A691@web-mmc-d05.sysops.aol.com>
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>>> - The optional BIOS ROMs don't play nice with other extension cards >>> you >>> might have on a busy system. You might want to disable them and leave >>> the disk initialization to FreeBSD. >> >> How does one disable the BIOS ROMs on expansion cards? Is this >> specific to the AOC-SAT2-MV8, or can you do this on the mainboard? >> Sounds like the sort of thing they would hide in the mainboard BIOS >> somewhere. I have a couple of JMB363 cards that I think would work >> better without the BIOS ROMs. Unfortunately I have never run across >> any sort of "turn off expansion card BIOS ROM" option. > > Yes, you should be able to disable this from the mainboard by saying you > don't want to use the Option ROM on Slot #X. Took the machine down and waded through the BIOS menus. The Phoenix AwardBIOS does not appear to have this feature. :-( Thanks anyway.
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