Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:59:19 +0100 (MET) | From | Marco Bravi <> | Subject | AHA-2940UW Nightmares - Mainboard & BIOS rel. Info. |
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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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