Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 16:44:29 -0400 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> To: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Abit BP6 - UDMA66 and non IBM disks Message-ID: <391878AD.F146C347@home.com> References: <200005080744.JAA52151@freebsd.dk> <53750.957772674@verdi.nethelp.no> <20000509085413.A61921@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 8 May 2000 at 9:57:54 +0200, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > >> Not all non IBM disks has problems, that was not the message back > >> then, at least not from me. What I said, and still says, is that > >> Maxtor and WDC has a bad reputation on making drives that can't work > >> reliably with UDMA66, quantum has its share too but not so bad. > > > > There are some WDC disks that work nicely. This is from a BP6 board too: > > > > ad0: 26105MB <WDC WD273BA> [53040/16/63] at ata0-master using UDMA33 > > ad1: 26105MB <WDC WD273BA> [53040/16/63] at ata1-master using UDMA33 > > ad2: 26105MB <IBM-DPTA-372730> [53040/16/63] at ata2-master using UDMA66 > > ad3: 26105MB <WDC WD273BA> [53040/16/63] at ata3-master using UDMA66 > > > > As far as I know, the WD273BA is in reality a DPTA-372730 in disguise, > > so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Anybody know if it's possible to > > put the original IBM firmware on these disks? > > I've been having trouble with this one in UDMA66 mode, also on a BP6. > The system just hangs solid at random: > > ad4: 13042MB <WDC WD136BA> [26500/16/63] at ata2-master using UDMA66 > > It works fine on UDMA33. > > I notice that you have ad2 and ad3 running in UDMA66 mode. I didn't > realise this was possible; I'll experiment. > If you shut off the PIIX contoller in the BIOS the Highpoint uses ad0-3 if not it uses ad4-7 I have found problems with cdroms on the highpoint so I use both. Not the controllers fault but the applications. -- Ted Sikora Jtl Development Group tsikora@powerusersbbs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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