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From: Jarry <jarry@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VIA K8M890/K8M880 (VT8251) supported?
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:05:51
Message-Id: 4425BD29.8020402@gmx.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] VIA K8M890/K8M880 (VT8251) supported? by Norberto Bensa
1 Norberto Bensa wrote:
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4 > SATA VT8251 do not work on Linux. There are -very- experimental patches, but
5 > I've not tried them myself. Return the board and buy anything else that's not
6 > VIA based.
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8 I did. Bought nForce4-based board. Got stuck with sata-II drives
9 (lock-ups, crushes, out-of-sync, both in linux and in windows).
10 It is a buggy chipset, has problems with nearly all sata-II drives
11 (tried Seagate and Samsung) and nvidia does not care a sh*t...
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13 Jarry
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nForce chipsets (was: Re: [gentoo-user] VIA K8M890/K8M880 (VT8251) supported?) "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] VIA K8M890/K8M880 (VT8251) supported? Jim <Jim@×××××××××××××××××.org>