Abit BF-6 conflict w/Adaptec 2906

[Richard Ribley]

Anyone have any experience or info regarding use of Adaptec SCSI cards on
Abit BF-6 boards?

Problem is that when SCSI card is installed, system will not boot (BIOS
never initializes) until the SCSI is removed and the power cycled twice.

Wierd

Thanks

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[Joe Hegyi]

I'm running a 2940UW with a BF6 right now with no problems. I'm not
familiar with the 2906, but I'm assuming it doesn't have a BIOS. Have you
tried another PCI slot? Is it sharing an IRQ with anything?

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[Tom]

Oddly I had a Adaptec2910 and a HotRod using slots 2 & 5 (shared IRQ) in the
BF6 and they would work with the 2910 in PCI2 and HotRod in PCI5 but not the
other way round. It sounds like an PCI-IRQ sharing issue and SCSI cards are
often fussy about sharing.

In case you don't know on the BF6 the sharing is

AGP-PCI1
PCI2-PCI5
PCI3-PCI6
PCI4-USB
PCI6 is slave only, no bus mastering, not suitable for SCSI

Tom

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[Francis@FAE_ABIT]

Hello,
At which PCI slot did you install this card?
Or, perhaps a full list of your system configuration could help more.
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