Re: More Intel ICH5 SATA150 hangs
From: Louis LeBlanc (FreeBSD_at_keyslapper.org)
Date: 10/31/04
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:44:18 -0400 To: Jeff Doolittle <jdoolittle@kingsquarry.net>
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
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