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Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> So installed jumper on 5-6 and booted up. I still get the same kind of |
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>> hang at the point where the adaptec PCI card throws up a screen. |
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>> Press F3 to enter configuration utility |
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>> Primary channel: WDC WD200-blah 19082 MB <= old 200gb drive |
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>> Secondary channerl: WDC WD750-blah |
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>> No size given on the new drive, like it cannot read the drive size. |
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>> And no further progress seems possible. Pressing F3 has no effect. |
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> I found the following page which would agree with pins 5-6 meaning |
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> what I was suggesting: |
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> http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2534 |
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> I also found this page which mentions your Adaptec card does not work |
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> with 750GB Seagate drives -- so maybe that card is the source of your |
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> problems. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/components/details/801.html |
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That is kind of a drag because I bought this card due to having found |
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it on that very HCL... It was only 1 user who reported it and on |
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specific hardware... I don't remember what now but do remember that it |
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didn't match mine very well ... but I tried it anyway since its very |
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difficult to find a sata controller for my hardware there. |
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> Are you using the latest BIOS for the Adaptec card? It looks like the |
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> chipset is Silicon Image 3112A and the latest BIOS on SI's website is |
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> 4.2.84. http://www.siliconimage.com/support/ |
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You sure do excellent research! And fast. |
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I don't know about the bios and don't really have a clue how to find |
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out but maybe investigating the support page you cited will get me |
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started down that route. |
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But the Seagate thing sounds pretty bad... and likely to mean its a |
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nogo. |
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