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FromSteffen Grunewald <>
SubjectRe: Adaptec AHA2940
DateFri, 3 Jan 1997 14:30:08 +0100 (MET)
"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). 
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