Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:52:30 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: MSI RS480M2-IL and bios upgrades Message-ID: <20050902165230.0d0c2bbf.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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I'll note this here, in case it helps others. I have a MSI mainboard, model RS480M2-IL 8aka MS-7093). I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-stable amd64 on it. I'm also using a nVidia GeForce 6200 TC (TurboCache) gfx card, because of troubles with the integrated Radeon Xpress 200 gfx chipset (Xorg does't have working support yet). The board was delivered with BIOS version 3.3, and I have been running with it for a long time, even if it has some problems. A few days ago, I checked the MSI web site, and found that the newest bios now was version 3.8. Stupidly enough, I upgraded (in hope that it might cure some of the problems this board has). I should have known better. After the upgrade, Xorg would freeze on startup (or a few seconds after). The machine still worked, I could ssh in and do a shutdown. After reading through a lot of messages on MSI forums, I found others with the same problem, the suggested fix is to downgrade the bios to version 3.5. I reflashed to version 3.5 of the bios, and now the machine works again. Information: mainboard info: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=639 BIOS link: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=639&kind=1 FreeBSD version: FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #5: Fri Sep 2 15:14:54 CEST 2005 root@kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIET amd64 Xorg version: xorg-server-6.8.99.12 = up-to-date with port Graphics card: none3@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x81ae1043 chip=0x016110de rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' device = 'GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)' class = display subclass = VGA --- Yours, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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