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DateFri, 31 Jan 1997 10:59:19 +0100 (MET)
FromMarco Bravi <>
SubjectAHA-2940UW Nightmares - Mainboard & BIOS rel. Info.
On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Helmut Riegler wrote:
> A few weeks ago, I posted a similar message into this list. I had the 
> following configuration:
> 
> 	AMD 486DX400
> 	ASUS PCI486SP3
> 	But: NCR53C810 SCSI controller
> 	EIDE + SCSI disks
> 

Hey! I am using an ASUSTeK PVI-486SP3 with an Intel i486DX4-100
BIOS:

Award Modular BISO v. 4.50G
#401A0-0203

> Ok, take a look into the PCI-HOWTO. There are many tips about different 
> main boards, their buggy EIDE chipsets, and how you can make workarounds.

I will be looking there for a possible workaround---I can't get a new MB 
immediately. Did you find a workable solution for your former 
configuration? Or did you have to fully upgrade your MB?

> I'm now using kernel 2.0.25. It has many options which you can specify at 
> compile time or at the command line for different EIDE chipsets.

I am using an off-the-shelf, no-module 2.0.28---that should be OK.

> I found some information at www.suse.de (you have to understand german) 
> about such problems. 

I will have to get help from a german-speaking friend... 

> There is a support database avaiable (probably in english too).

I hope !

> One interesting point with my problems was, that the IDE devices alone 
> were working fine and the SCSI devices alone were working. But as soon as 
> I accessed both at the same time, the problem appeared.

:-)

> 
> Somebody told me that my board has problems with two busmastering devices 
> (Onboard IDE + SCSI). But I haven't followed this tip since my upgrade.

Uhmm.... this mainboard is supposed to have all busmastering-capable PCI 
slots (at least the manual says so...)
> Another tip was to upgrade my BIOS (shudder). I had a flash bios.

Who knows? Maybe.

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