Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 12:58:32 +0100 (BST) From: Gordon Henderson <gordon@drogon.net> To: Marco Masotti <MC7953@mclink.it> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone Using Adaptec 294? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960611125350.12234D@unicorn> In-Reply-To: <9606110954.aa22283@ax433.mclink.it>
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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Marco Masotti wrote: > I've been using an ASUS PVI486-SP3 with a 486DX4 Overdrive for some time. > > I've got several kind of repeatable problems with any operating systems > I've been trying to install. > > It seemed to me that the most likely source of problems was the > combination of ISA/VESA/PCI and/or types of boards inserted in the > mainboard. > > After having settled for a combination of 2940 (lates firmware anyway) in > slot #1 and CL5430 in slot #3, with a fair success (2940 in slot #3 and > the > the same video card in slot #1 was almost a disaster of stability), I > wanted to experiment the VESA bus capability of the Asus board. Therefore, > using a 2940, in whatever slot, and a CL 5429, I've got the worst results, > with the system not able to stay alive for more than ten seconds. > > > The lesson I've got is to avoid usage of any PCI-ISA-VESA all in one type > of board, and to anyway pay much attention to eventual (in)compatibility > between PCI and other PCI or non PCI boards, at least in the PVI486-SP3 > main board. > > Currently, I'm running such mainboard with ISA 1542B and Vesa CL5429, with > very good performance and stability. > > I'd appreciate any criticism to my experience so far, because I'm still > reveling in my thoughts about. This is exactly the same problems that I have been seeing. ASUS PVI486SP3 mainboard with Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card. I was also using a PCI CL5436 graphics card. (Although I also tried an ISA graphics card with no more success) I tried 2 mainboards, and 2 SCSI cards. It worked perfectly with an ISA SCSI card (Adaptec, not sure it's model - it's quite old) The machine would lock-up during the newfs stage of the install. The same cards, memory & disks worked perfectly in an ASUS P120. Gordon -- Gordon Henderson gordon@vbc.net VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.uk.vbc.net/ Bristol, England +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
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