Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 22:23:53 -0700 From: Scott Worthington <worsco@garden.metrobbs.com> To: akuehl@free.de, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with Adaptec AHA-2940xx Message-ID: <3615B4E9.8E2585A9@garden.metrobbs.com> References: <tcppop3.2758241@garden.metrobbs.com>
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I posted my final solution regarding my problem with my Adaptec 2940UW and the "waiting for scsi to settle" on the questions@freebsd.org. I'll recap my final fix and findings... I have two FIC Corporation PA-2011 Motherboards, one with a Pentium MMX 200 and one with a Pentium MMX 233. Both motherboards utilized AMI BIOS version 626C13 and the VIA chipset. Slackware 3.5 and FreeBSD 2.2.5 2.2.6 2.2.7 hated both motherboards and the Adaptec 2940UW (that is, waiting for scsi... forever) So, I popped the 2940UW in a Pentium Dell at work, booted FreeBSD 2.2.7 boot floppy---and the she worked! Okay, so I tried the 2940UW in a FIC Corporation PA-2007 motherboard with Award BIOS. SHE WORKED AGAIN! Okay, the culprit was the AMI BIOS! I went to www.fic.com.tw and downloaded the latest _AWARD_ BIOS for the FIC PA-2011 motherboard.... and PRESTO, she works! Currently, I down-graded the 2940UW BIOS to 1.25 from 1.34.3. I have a tech call in to Adaptec to re-load the 1.34.3 to see if it works ok on the Award BIOS. (Adaptec is hiding the latest BIOS with user id/password) I hope this information helps someone else with their problems! akuehl@free.de wrote: > Hello > > Thanks a lot for your answer. > > This problem took about two weeks of my life, until we found a hint > just a day before your mail arrived: > > Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 11:48:25 +0100 > From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> > To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: ahc0: board not responding - update > Message-ID: <35C59579.951693CB@tdx.co.uk> > > >>To fix my problem - I swapped the 2940 that said "board not responding" > with an identical (but earlier revision) 2940 from another machine - and > it worked.<< > > So we swapped the motherboard and it worked... > > You wrote: > > In article <6udv6l$iuf$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>, > > akuehl@mail.free.de (Andreas Kuehl) wrote: > (...) > > Friend, I too am having the similar problems with the ahc0 problem that > > you are also experiencing. > (...) > > So, there's something wrong with the Driver and the AHA-2940xx cards > > with > > BIOS after 1.25 (OR SOMETHING). > > > > Did you get any responses to your posts? > > No, there was no response at all. I was just going crazy, having a new > adaptec, I was shure it's ok, because I installed Linux successfully, and no > way to make it run under FreeBSD. > > > I don't want to switch to Slackware, but this problem is significant. > > Ok, thanks for your help, I hope you tell adaptec, the new bios is a ... :-) > > Andreas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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