Re: [SLE] 3ware 7006-2 , SuSE, i865G

From: Greg Freemyer (greg.freemyer_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/19/04

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    Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:43:11 -0500
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com

    On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:56:32 +0200, oss <suse@oss.ru> wrote:
    > Greg Freemyer ?????:
    >
    > >On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:15:42 +0200, oss <suse@oss.ru> wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > >>Hello world.
    > >>
    > >>I've a serious hardware problem.
    > >>More than one year I've used D865GBFL (Intel motherboard) with 3WARE
    > >>Escalade 7006-2
    > >>ATA RAID Controller with two Seagate Barracuda 120G ATA disks and SuSE
    > >>9.0. And I've tested it with new SuSE 9.2 (all worked fine).
    > >>
    > >>Now I've got D-Link DFE580TX Four-port ethernet card. After installation
    > >>of this
    > >>adapter into my computer the server started to hang from several
    > >>seconds/minutes of work.
    > >>It happens and with another PCI a card - Cronyx PCI (8port RS232
    > >>controller (http://www.cronyx.ru)).
    > >>I have not had time to establish the driver of these devices at all!
    > >>
    > >>But! All works well if to establish my 3WARE 7006-2 and simple Intel
    > >>Ethernet Card i82557. Strange.
    > >>
    > >>Who knows, why my controllers do not work in pair with 3WARE Escalade
    > >>7006-2 ?
    > >>
    > >>P.S. I've tested it situation with another intel mother board D865GLCL
    > >>(i865G chipset too).
    > >>The result is the same. But All my devices are work fine on a 440BX
    > >>chipset. (Test on a old ASUS motherboard without needed productivity)
    > >>
    > >>Thank you for any future help.
    > >>Nick.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >Nick,
    > >
    > >I have had some PCI-bus problems with Intel Motherboards and 3ware
    > >cards. They only showed up if I tried to have 2+ 3ware cards in the
    > >same machine.
    > >
    > >For me the solution was to get a firmware upgrade from Intel and
    > >upgrade my motherboards.
    > >
    > >Greg
    > >
    > >
    > Hello, so what you think about non-Intel motherboards?
    > Is the problem with Intel mother board? And wiil be all right with
    > another vendor ?
    > Or this is a bug of 865G chipsets?
    >
    > Nick
    >
    Nick,

    I may have been unclear. I only use Intel motherboards, so I can't
    speak to others.

    The upgrade I was talking about was a pure firmware upgrade, not a
    hardware upgrade.

    Greg 

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