From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 5 14:05:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01671 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 14:05:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bvainc.com (mail1.bvainc.com [208.145.185.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA01657 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 14:05:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from SWorthington@hsag.com) Received: from BVA-Message_Server by bvainc.com with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:43:10 -0700 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:43:28 -0700 From: "Scott Worthington" To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: SteveFriedrich@hot-shot.com Subject: Problem with Adaptec AHA-2940xx Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 04 Oct 1998, Steve Friedrich wrote: >>Okay the culprit was the AMI BIOS! > >How did you jump to this conclusion?? You're using a different motherboard too. It was not a jump, more like a skip. Both motherboards use the same chipset (VIA). The PA-2007 is a AT mainboard whilst the PA-2011 is an ATX mainboard. > >>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?? Perhaps FIC did have a problem? I don't know. I only know that for this mainboard, both AMI and Award are available for flash. And I know that changing to Award solved the frustrating 'waiting for scsi to settle' crash. Does anyone know the direct e-mail to a developer at FIC or AMI? I'd be glad to share the information. Again, I hope this find helps others who run into the 'waiting for scsi to settle' problem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message