On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:14:39 -0700 Terry Lambert <tlambert2_at_mindspring.com> wrote: > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > Terry Lambert <tlambert2_at_mindspring.com> wrote: > > > Be aware that if your machine is a "B" (82C686B), then you have > > > > It is. I'm not that sure anymore... see below. > > > the buggy version of the chip; you need to eiter not use the > > > second IDE channel for anything, or you need a BIOS update, or > > > > Not using the second IDE channel: not an option. > > Additional PCI IDE controller... Having this information available via ACPI isn't worth that much money for me. I already get thermal information with xmbmon. > > BIOS update: how do I know if the latest BIOS for the port has the > > appropriate fix? I don't think the support people know enough to answer > > such a question. > > They had better, or you had better find a different vendor. It's an old board (KT133A chipset), my desktop system. I don't care that much, and I don't expect the vendor to support it for that long (typically I'm more optimistic, but it seems I know too much about how bad the world in reality is now). > Basically: > > o Disable PCI master read caching > o Lower PCI latency to "0-32" > o Disable PCI delay transaction > > Yes, it's ugly on your PCI throughput; you are better off adding > an IDE interface on a PCI card, IMO. I'm a little bit confused now... atapci0: <VIA 82C686B UDMA100 controller> port 0xd000-0xd00f at device 7.1 on pci0 viapropm0: <VIA VT82C686A Power Management Unit> port 0x5000-0x500f at device 7.4 on pci0 pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> port 0xe400-0xe403,0xe000-0xe003,0xdc00-0xdcff irq 5 at device 7.5 on pci0 I think I should look at the chip itself... Bye, Alexander. -- Yes, I've heard of "decaf." What's your point? http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander _at_ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7Received on Fri Jun 06 2003 - 02:02:49 UTC
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