Re: Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion

2006-06-14 Thread Garrett Cooper
Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello again all, I know this isn't a FreeBSD question really, but I just started up a motherboard with onboard SCSI (Adaptec AIC-7896), and for some odd reason it freezes pre-POST before it attempts to boot and there isn't any way where I can get into the BIOS to

Re: Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion

2006-06-14 Thread Andrew Reitz
On Jun 13, 2006, at 10:11 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello again all, I know this isn't a FreeBSD question really, but I just started up a motherboard with onboard SCSI (Adaptec AIC-7896), and for some odd reason it freezes pre-POST before it attempts to boot and there isn't any way

Re: Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion

2006-06-14 Thread Derek Ragona
IF you can find the documentation for the motherboard, see if there is a reset jumper. That jumper should reset the BIOS to factory defaults to allow it to get through the post and into setup. Some motherboards actually take you into setup with the jumper moved to reset bad configurations.

Making a L440GX+ work (was Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion)

2006-06-14 Thread Garrett Cooper
Derek Ragona wrote: IF you can find the documentation for the motherboard, see if there is a reset jumper. That jumper should reset the BIOS to factory defaults to allow it to get through the post and into setup. Some motherboards actually take you into setup with the jumper moved to reset

Re: Making a L440GX+ work (was Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion)

2006-06-14 Thread Derek Ragona
The halt could be anything from bad RAM, or other IRQ issues. This begs the question as to why this board is not in use? You should be able to update the BIOS from a floppy or cd-rom boot disk. You can take your pick at bootdisk.org The general rule with ram is you can run faster ram than

Re: Making a L440GX+ work (was Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion)

2006-06-14 Thread Garrett Cooper
Derek Ragona wrote: The halt could be anything from bad RAM, or other IRQ issues. This begs the question as to why this board is not in use? You should be able to update the BIOS from a floppy or cd-rom boot disk. You can take your pick at bootdisk.org The general rule with ram is you can

Re: Making a L440GX+ work (was Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion)

2006-06-14 Thread Garrett Cooper
Garrett Cooper wrote: Derek Ragona wrote: The halt could be anything from bad RAM, or other IRQ issues. This begs the question as to why this board is not in use? You should be able to update the BIOS from a floppy or cd-rom boot disk. You can take your pick at bootdisk.org The general

Re: Making a L440GX+ work (was Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion)

2006-06-14 Thread Derek Ragona
Look for just the DOS flash update. It will be smaller and from intel comes with its own boot image. You will have to run that on a windows PC to make the floppy. -Derek At 05:18 PM 6/14/2006, Garrett Cooper wrote: Derek Ragona wrote: The halt could be anything from bad RAM, or

Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion

2006-06-13 Thread Garrett Cooper
Hello again all, I know this isn't a FreeBSD question really, but I just started up a motherboard with onboard SCSI (Adaptec AIC-7896), and for some odd reason it freezes pre-POST before it attempts to boot and there isn't any way where I can get into the BIOS to change the settings it seems.