Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:24:17 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: kingson@excite.com Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help needed with DPT card + Asus M/B Message-ID: <199802251925.LAA26442@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:08:29 -0800. <34F46C2D.92C55594@excite.com>
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>Simon Shapiro wrote:
>> On 25-Feb-98 Tom wrote:
>> > On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Kingson Gunawan wrote:
>> >> Does anybody successfully run the DPT SmartRaid4 (PW-3334UW) with ASUS
>> >> P2L97-DS? This combination keeps failing me...
>> >> Asus P2L97-DS dual PII-300
>> > Check IRQ settings. Is anything else on the same IRQ as the DPT
>> > controller?
>> That is not it. Unless some other driver is stealing the PCI interrupt
>> (which I do not know how to do with PCI).
>Simon, Tom,
>I tried the following without any success:
>
>1. Disabling both L? caches
>2. Disabling anything in the BIOS such as PS/2 mouse function, etc.
>3. Assigning specific IRQ in the BIOS to my ISA card (although it is a
>PnP SB16 card).
>4. Removing all cards other than the DPT and video card.
>5. Moving DPT around to different slots.
>6. Changing the m/b with another unit of the same made and model.
>7. Compile the kernel with a number of DPT options on/off.
>
>DPT and Asus board simply won't cooperate. Changing the m/b to Air
>P6KDI makes things work instantly. I think I am about to incinerate the
>m/b... :-)
Have you tried checking the Asus web site to see if there is a more
recent BIOS with a bug fix, that you might be able to flash?
Can't think of anything else to try, but I have always believed Asus
motherboards to be top-notch, up 'til now.
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