Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:31:54 +0200 | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: ATA/133 Problems with multiple cards |
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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.
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