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    SubjectRe: ATA/133 Problems with multiple cards
    On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:12:42 -0500, Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher@comcast.net> wrote:
    > James Stevenson wrote:
    > >
    > > i seem to have run into an annoying problem with a machine which has
    > > 3 promise ata/133 card the PDC20269 type.
    > >
    >
    > ....
    >
    > >
    > > Does anyone have an explenation of why this can happen ?

    * check power supply
    * compare PCI config space of the "failing" controller to the one which
    is "working" (assuming that identical devices are connected to each),
    maybe firmware/driver forgets to setup some settings

    > Promise cards don't support more than two per machine. If you can get a
    > third card to work in PIO mode, consider it an added (but unsupported)
    > bonus.

    AFAIR people have been running 4-5 cards just fine
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