Messages in this thread | | | From | Steffen Grunewald <> | Subject | Re: Adaptec AHA2940 | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 1997 14:30:08 +0100 (MET) |
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"Bjarni R. Einarsson writes" |> |> I had troubles with an AHA-2940 myself, using linux 2.0.21. The computer |> would lock up real tight after about 1 minute of heavy disk access. I had |> to do a hard reboot to get the machine up and running again. Switching to |> 2.0.25 & 2.0.26 did not help. |> |> Researching mailing list archives gave me the following clues: |> |> 1. AHA-2940 doesn't like Trident video adapters. |> 2. AHA-2940 wants to be in PCI slot #1. |> |> Basically the card seems pretty sensitive.. tip #2 solved my problem. |> Merely pulling the card out and moving it to another slot was what solved |> my problem. :-/ |> And if you read the manual, you find it mentioned that every other choice will cause problems. So there's no Linux related content - you would see very strange behaviour under Win 3.1 too (had to read the FM myself some weeks ago - same thing). -- Steffen Grunewald | email steffen@gfz-potsdam.de | fax (+49)-331-8877 520 <A HREF="http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/">GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam</A> Telegrafenberg A17, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany /* Disclaimer : I don't speak for my employers, they don't speak for me */
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