An update for some who may care. I tried loading Live Linux distros: Puppy, DSL and STD. They load fine but don't see a network interface. Also installed Fedora 5 Linux Distro and same - no ethernet interface seen. It has been a while but I recall that Windows XP pro will not boot.
Anybody have any ideas on what to try next? I am pretty much spent. This is a new evaluation box and so I have no problems sending it back to the SuperMicro VAR. I want to figure this thing out just for the challenge of it. Know what I mean? Yudhvir ========= On 12/11/06, Y Sidhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am a newbie and have gone though past posts and have been looking at the last couple of weeks of posts go by. I have not seen anything similar to my problem. I cannot load an OS except under ACPI-Disabled. I can boot into safe mode, but cannot configure a working network interface. Therefore, I cannot send in a dmesg output. Here is some data I have gathered: Details a. SuperMicro X7DBR-8+ / X7DBR-I+ b. Intel 3.2 GHz Xeon dual core dual cpu, K8 class cpu c. BIOS - Phoenix (just upgraded to 1.2A from 1.1C) The upgrade has had no affect on this problem as far as I can tell. d. Dual Ethernet - Intel Pro/1000 Network Connection Version 6.2.9. em0 is IRQ 5 at device 0.0 on pci4. em1 is IRQ 11 at device 0.1 on pci4. Also, when I am booted in safe mode, in dmesg, there is an entry "em IRQ 10 at device 2.0 on pci5." e. SCSI - Adaptec version 4.3. AIC 7902 Ultra 320, PCI-X ID=7 f. One 73 GB Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 SCSI hard drive, Model ST3207LC. I have tested this and another drive out without any media errors. The Adaptec adapter sees the drive and capacity fine. g. When I try to boot normally, the messages scroll by and the system freezes at: "waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle" h. When I disable ACPI either under the BIOS's settings or select Disable ACPI when loading FreeBSD, the system loads but I cannot get the ethernet interface to come up. ifconfig shows all the right values. I have also used route delete default and route add default <ip of gateway> - to no avail. There is a message which pops up saying "em0: watchdog timeout - resetting" Looking into dmesg output, I see: em0 link state changed to UP and em0 link state DOWN repeat over and over again. i. 1 GB ram and have tested it with memtest 86 without any errors. My Gut a. Something is causing a good old fashioned IRQ conflict. I have 1 drive and 1 cdrom on this machine. b. The SCSI ACPI79xx driver is not there or not loading Hoping I am looking for a nudge in the right direction. -- Yudhvir Singh Sidhu
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