Darrick, try updating your 5501 firmware to latest version from Soekris website (1.33c at this moment).
This helped me get the CF reckognized by the BIOS. Hope this helps, Zlatko -----Original Message----- From: Darrick Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tech Soekris <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:48:54 -0500 Subject: [Soekris] Problems with CF that worked with older revisions of net5501 > I know the standard reply by Soekris is "use SanDisk" but if I was > using > compact flash cards that work just fine with earlier net5501 hardware, > in my mind, these should ALWAYS work with any net5501 hardware. > > Whatever the recent hardware changes were, they render my Transcend > cards completely useless. The cards are not being detected. > > The older board (# on pcb is 070422) shows this on boot: > > comBIOS ver. 1.32i 20071005 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris > Engineering. > > 0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz > > > > Pri Sla TRANSCEND LBA Xlt 987-32-63 995 Mbyte > > > > Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10 > > 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11 > > 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05 > > 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09 > > 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12 > > 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 > > 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 > > 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15 > > 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15 > > The newer board, received last week (071102) shows this with the same > compact flash module: > > comBIOS ver. 1.33 20070103 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Soekris > Engineering. > > > net5501 > > > > 0512 Mbyte Memory CPU Geode LX 500 Mhz > > > > > > Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 0:01:2 1022 2082 10100000 0006 0220 08 00 00 A0000000 00000000 10 > > 0:06:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E101 A0004000 11 > > 0:07:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E201 A0004100 05 > > 0:08:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E301 A0004200 09 > > 0:09:0 1106 3053 02000096 0117 0210 08 40 00 0000E401 A0004300 12 > > 0:20:0 1022 2090 06010003 0009 02A0 08 40 80 00006001 00006101 > > 0:20:2 1022 209A 01018001 0005 02A0 08 00 00 00000000 00000000 > > 0:21:0 1022 2094 0C031002 0006 0230 08 00 80 A0005000 00000000 15 > > 0:21:1 1022 2095 0C032002 0006 0230 08 00 00 A0006000 00000000 15 > > > There is also a delay of approx 5 seconds at boot like the board is > trying to detect the CF card or something. > > If this is a matter of sending a CF to Soekris to evaluate/use, I would > be more than happy to supply one. Otherwise, I guess I'm stuck using > Sandisk cards. The reason I want to use the Transcend cards is they > are > industrial cards rated for a wider temperature range. I couldn't find > technical information on the Sandisk page for a majority of their CF > cards (other than speed). No mention of writes or temperature range. > It's quite possible that the Sandisk cards are more than adequate. > > Darrick > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
