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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:45:58 -0500
From:      Greg Martin <gregm@econet.com>
To:        Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@withagen.nl>
Cc:        amd64@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: suggestions for SATA RAID cards
Message-ID:  <1156347958.15990.10.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <44EC710D.8020005@withagen.nl>
References:  <44EC0B9B.5020705@withagen.nl> <003f01c6c68d$64688e60$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <44EC27C7.8060906@withagen.nl> <20060823120146.GA21578@rancor.immure.com> <1156345518.15990.1.camel@localhost>  <44EC710D.8020005@withagen.nl>

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> Well the message started by saying that I got caught by a 3ware card that did 
> not want to play nice with me.....
> So I guess nobody deared suggesting another 3ware card.
> ;)

My apologies, I now understand its a hardware issue.  Before you toss
the 3ware completely try the following (although I am sure you have)

1. Force PCI-x 64bit in the bios on the slot
2. Disable APIC or force old APIC mode
3. Disable onboard raid and/or SATA controller if its avail.

My experience with some boards you really have to tweak around to get
pci-x going.

Sorry if I've wasted your time !

-Greg



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