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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!news.maxwell.syr.edu!supernews.com!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help - 386 & AHA-1542B ? Date: 20 Apr 1997 07:53:15 GMT Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5jci1b$o5h@usenet88.supernews.com> References: <5irs14$6fe$1@phoenix.kfu.com> <5isvts$5j7@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <5iv0j1$ofm$1@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39389 bob prohaska (bob@cloverleaf.its.berkeley.edu) wrote: :>> possibility is that the 1542B has problems under FreeBSD. Is anyone :>> using this (old) card successfully? I was before I upgraded it to a BT-757S then later 2742A-Twin when I found out the problems with the older S boards. : I'm using a 1542B as I write this 8-) Works fine, always has. : The suggestion to disable cache is a good one; some MBs don't : correctly handle cache. Actually, it's more of an issue of write back caching. If the original poster has an Am5x86 in the system then that would explain a lot. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | (AMD Inside) Intel is the word for 'errata.' */