On 10/30/04 12:39 AM, Jeff Doolittle sat at the `puter and typed: > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > <SNIP> > >I did a lot of googling to see if there was anything about the > >controller and the WRITE_DMA message out there - even associated with > >Linux or any other *nix. Very little, but there were suggestions to > >change the CPU to compatible mode. I tried this and it wouldn't boot. > > > > > CPU to "compatible mode"? What worked for my ASUS was to change the > Serial ATA from enhanced mode to compatible mode which results in the > loss of either your Primary or Secondary IDE channel. I've been running > this way for months without a problem. I use the onboard Promise > controller for my "live" data and do a weekly dump to the WDC drives on > the ICH5 "compatible" mode enabled drives. The only reboots of the box > have been for newer versions of CURRENT and now STABLE.
My bios doen't give that level of control on the SATA controller. > >Same result the other poor schmuck got when he tried it. There was > >also a suggestion that HT be turned off. Kinda defeats the whole > >purpose of spending the extra $100 when I bought this system, so I > >didn't bother trying it - especially since there were folks out there > >that said it wasn't related - they had no problems with the Disk > >controller and HT. > > > For the record I'm still running with HT enabled although I might turn > it off after reading many messages about how system performance is impacted. Doesn't make sense, does it? I guess I'll try turning mine off too. Much as I hate to do it - considering the promises of SMP coolness in 5.3 is why I bought the HT chip. > > <SNIP> > Hopefully the above is of some help. > > Good luck Every little bit helps. Thanks Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ byob, v: Believing Your Own Bull _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
