Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:14:51 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA ACPI power management controller Message-ID: <20030605171451.4140656b.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <3EDF576F.8FAA751C@mindspring.com> References: <20030605161425.71dec07a.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <3EDF576F.8FAA751C@mindspring.com>
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On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 07:45:03 -0700
Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Be aware that if your machine is a "B" (82C686B), then you have
It is.
> the buggy version of the chip; you need to eiter not use the
> second IDE channel for anything, or you need a BIOS update, or
Not using the second IDE channel: not an option.
BIOS update: how do I know if the latest BIOS for the port has the
appropriate fix? I don't think the support people know enough to answer
such a question.
> you need to make BIOS advanced settings changes (if your BIOS
> supports it, if you have the documentation necessary to make
> the changes, if the values are unlabelled in your BIOS, and if
> you can find and read the German web site that talks about the
> settings).
Reading German is not a problem for me. But there are a lot of German
webpages out there... which one? But this doesn't matter at the moment,
there isn't a driver...
Bye,
Alexander.
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