Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 13:34:29 -0400 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "akuehl@free.de" <akuehl@free.de>, "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Scott Worthington" <worsco@garden.metrobbs.com> Subject: Re: Problem with Adaptec AHA-2940xx Message-ID: <199810031735.NAA03300@laker.net>
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On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 22:23:53 -0700, Scott Worthington wrote: >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. >snip< >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! How did you jump to this conclusion?? You're using a different motherboard too. >I went to www.fic.com.tw and downloaded the latest >_AWARD_ BIOS for the FIC PA-2011 motherboard.... >and PRESTO, she works! I've never heard of a moboard manufacturer offering multiple BIOSes for their moboards. Did FIC switch to Award because of problems with AMI ?? Have you reported your findings to FIC and AMI ?? Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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