Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:58:50 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: "Achilov, Rashid" <achilov-rn@askd.ru> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support of VIA Apollo Pro in 6.x is completely broken? Message-ID: <471C907A.8090005@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <200710221107.06708.achilov-rn@askd.ru> References: <200710191613.18043.achilov-rn@askd.ru> <471AA9D4.8090003@paradise.net.nz> <200710221107.06708.achilov-rn@askd.ru>
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Rashid N. Achilov wrote: > On Sunday 21 October 2007, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > >> Hmm interesting - I couldn't actually find any specs for a G*B*-6VA+ >> (only a GA-6VA+)... is it a VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset with slot-1 >> P-II/III? >> > Sorry, of course GA-6VA+. It is VIA Apollo Pro with Socket 370. Description at > http://tw.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1442 > > >> If so I've run 6.x (a while ago so probably 6.0 or 6.1) on a Tyan >> Trinity 400 (same chipset and cpu support)... and I used a 3Com >> office-connect ethernet (xl based) card....without any issues. Maybe see >> if Gigabyte have a more recent BIOS update for the board and update one >> of them and re-test! >> > Newest BIOS for this mb is F8. These boxes already has F8. Some (at least > three) boxes has completely similar troubles - so I think, it in chipset > support. 4.5 has not ANY these troubles. > > >> On the ATA cable front, assuming the chipset is as I guessed, the ATA >> controller is ATA-66 capable, so yeah, best to use an 80-wire cable and >> get *some* IO speed out of these old things! >> > > Of course, best to use speedup. But, wheh I do not use, I shoud receive > downgraded ,but working system, not false CRC ERROR! > Ah - right... after looking at the manual - your chipset is different from my old Tyan (T82C693 & VT82C596A vs T82C694X & VT82C596B) ... so its possible that there has not been much testing for it on later releases... altho it still seems odd that VIA suport is broken - for instance I'm currently using a VIA Apollo Pro 266T chipset based box right now running 6-STABLE to type this (Supermicro P3TDDE).... Also looks like your south-bridge will only do ATA-33... so I would expect that the 40 wire cable would be ok... so... hmm so not too much help from me... hopefully someone else will have some ideas! Cheers Mark
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