4 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-hardwareSupport of VIA Apollo Pro in 6.x is c...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Rashid N. Achilov | Oct 19, 2007 2:23 am | |
| Mark Kirkwood | Oct 21, 2007 8:21 pm | |
| Rashid N. Achilov | Oct 22, 2007 3:08 am | |
| Mark Kirkwood | Oct 22, 2007 9:28 am |
| Subject: | Support of VIA Apollo Pro in 6.x is completely broken? | |
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| From: | Rashid N. Achilov (achi...@askd.ru) | |
| Date: | Oct 22, 2007 3:08:44 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-hardware | |
On Sunday 21 October 2007, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
Hmm interesting - I couldn't actually find any specs for a G*B*-6VA+ (only a GA-6VA+)... is it a VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset with slot-1 P-II/III?
Sorry, of course GA-6VA+. It is VIA Apollo Pro with Socket 370. Description at http://tw.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1442
If so I've run 6.x (a while ago so probably 6.0 or 6.1) on a Tyan Trinity 400 (same chipset and cpu support)... and I used a 3Com office-connect ethernet (xl based) card....without any issues. Maybe see if Gigabyte have a more recent BIOS update for the board and update one of them and re-test!
Newest BIOS for this mb is F8. These boxes already has F8. Some (at least three) boxes has completely similar troubles - so I think, it in chipset support. 4.5 has not ANY these troubles.
On the ATA cable front, assuming the chipset is as I guessed, the ATA controller is ATA-66 capable, so yeah, best to use an 80-wire cable and get *some* IO speed out of these old things!
Of course, best to use speedup. But, wheh I do not use, I shoud receive downgraded ,but working system, not false CRC ERROR!
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