SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4

2005-07-01 Thread Alan Jay
I suppose the question is was there a problem with the Tyan S5350 motherboard and its ATA controller - I know that two identical motherboards with different hard disks exhibit the same problem. And if so why is it that there has been little on these lists about problems with the chipset which

Re: SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4

2005-07-01 Thread Tony Byrne
Hello Alan, AJ There have been a number of comments and queries about ATA problems and SATA AJ problems with 5.4 but no views as to if this is a real problem. I have to agree. I've had nothing but trouble with various Intel boards with Intel ICH5 controllers and SATA hard disks under FreeBSD and

Re: SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4

2005-07-01 Thread Matthias Buelow
Tony Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ICH5 must be common in the field along with SATA disks from Western Digital. I would have believed faulty hardware to be the cause, but I have *three* machines that are capable of generating DMA TIMEOUTs while reading or writing SATA disks. In my case here,

RE: SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4 (Adaptec AIC-8110 Compatibility maybe?)

2005-07-01 Thread Alan Jay
- From: Tony Byrne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:29 AM To: Alan Jay Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4 Hello Alan, AJ There have been a number of comments and queries about ATA

RE: SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4

2005-07-01 Thread Alan Jay
: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:49 PM To: Tony Byrne Cc: Alan Jay; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Problems - ATA_Identify timeout ERROR - using Tyan S5350 with FreeBSD 5.4 Tony Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ICH5 must be common in the field along with SATA disks from Western