Asus CUV266-D problems

Asus CUV266-D problems

[Dead2]

I'm having big problems with booting on this motherboard.

It is a dual motherboard with 2x Intel P3 866Mhz cpus
Asus CUV 266-D  Bios rev. 1003

I have tried to boot with the following kernels:
2.4.0 (SuSE 7.1 Install CD)
2.4.4? (SuSE 7.2 Install CD)
2.4.10 Custom compiled with SMP, but no extra ACPI or APM

2.4.0 boots and works for a while, but installation always fails..
It just stops, and never gives any error messages.

2.4.4 boots and works for a while, but installation always fails..
It most often stops, but some times it complains about some HDD
error (too fast for me to see what it actually says) then reboots.

2.4.10 boots, but only with MPS 1.1, and most of the bios in safety mode.
When it gets to checking the HDD it fails and mounts it read-only.

I can see ACPI errors occuring while booting, but they run along too fast
for me to fine-read.. (any way to pause/delay it?)
Something about unexpected or unknown ACPI-IO *i think*

I have tried to change the HDD with another one, and have confirmed
that both are working in another comp. (Western Digital WD200)

I'll type _some_ of what lspci outputs, please forgive any spellings and
shorts:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Tech, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266] (rev 01)
            subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 8064
            Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
            Memory at fe000000 (32-bit, prefetch) [size=8M]
            Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
            Capabilities: [c0] Power Management ver. 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Tech, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP] (prog-if 00
[normal decode])
            Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
            Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
            Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f7efffff
            Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fdffffff
            Capabilities: [80] Power management ver. 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Tech, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
            subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 8052
            Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
            Capabilities: [c0] Power Management ver. 2

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Tech, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
            Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32
            I/O ports at a800 [size=16]
            Capabilities: [c0] Power Management ver. 2

In addition these are listed, please ask me if you need more details:
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equip. Corp. DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equip. Corp. DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compat. contr.: nVidia Corp. Vanta [NV6] (rev 15)
02:04.0 Ethernet Controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
02:05.0 Ethernet Controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
03:04.0 Ethernet Controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
03:05.0 Ethernet Controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)

There are two Intel Dual server NIC's in the box..  meaning each card has
1x DEC21152, and 2x Intel82557 on them.

If you need any other info, please let me know.

Please give me feedback on what this might be, and how this can be solved.


- Hans K. Rosbach aka Dead2

Re: Asus CUV266-D problems

[Dead2]

The CUV266-D is indeed in wide production, and i bought it from
www.komplett.no Unfortunately that site is here in Norway.
I am sure several international sites sell it aswell.
http://www.komplett.no/k/k.asp?action=info&p=15140&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=10&GrpI
D=6&s=pl

The CUV266-DLS is also available from that page, and they even
have them in stock..
http://www.komplett.no/k/k.asp?action=info&p=16520&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=10&GrpI
D=6&s=pl

When I'm looking at the lspci -v output, i keep wondering why two
of the chips read "Unknown device 8064".. Shouldn't this be fixed
by a kernel maintainer?

I'll send you the .config tomorrow, and I'll test the 1004 bios version then
too, as i'm not at work today.. =/

 - Hans K. aka Dead2

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Breeding" <ledzep37@home.com>
> Sorry to bother you again so quickly, do you know if this board is in
> wide production yet, specifically the CUV266-DLS?  Did you have to buy
> yours or did you get a testing copy, if you had to buy yours do you mind
> my asking where you got it?  Also if you wouldn't mind sending me your
> .config from your 2.4.10 kernel I would like to check some options to do
> with your problem.  Thanks.
>
> Jordan
>
> Jordan Breeding wrote:
> >
> > Sorry I can't provide any help about the CUV266-D, however I have been
> > waiting for some time for this board to come out.  I have a Tyan Tiger
> > 230 currently but wanted a 266 chipset and also onboard scsi.  I didn't
> > really feel completely comfortable with the LSI chipset on the
> > CUV4X-DLS, so I was very glad to hear that the DLS version of the CUV266
> > is supposed to have an Adaptec SCSI chipset.  Do you know where I can
> > find any further information on either of the boards, the CUV266-D or
> > the DLS, also where are they available to be bought?
> >
> > Jordan
> >
> > P.S. - I didn't see a 1003 version of the -D bios at ftp.asuscom.de but
> > I did see a 1004 version.  I also did not see a DLS bios listed at all,
> > this board is hinted at and has basic specs listed at several sites on
> > the internet, does it exist, can it be bought?  Thanks for any
> > information that you can give me about the CUV266-DLS.  BTW, the
> > unexpected APIC thing is no big deal, it is saying that one of the
> > registers of the APIC stuff is set to something that was unexpected, it
> > happens on almost all current SMP boards I have worked with.
> >

Re: Asus CUV266-D problems

[Dead2]

Okay, I have now upgraded to the 1004 bios version, and
reinstalled SuSE linux 7.1 using the minimum install, and added
the packages required to compile the kernel.

Unfortunately I still have big problems with booting this computer.

SuSE installer installs 3 kernels:
Linux
Linux 2.4
Suse

All of these use kernel 2.4.0, but with different configurations.

All of these fails during boot, the last message i see is "Starting Syslog",
then i get a blank screen and nothing more happens. Only thing that works
then is a hard boot.

I managed to boot the 'suse' kernel once, and the attached files are from
that session.
The file 'config' is from the 2.4.10 kernel i compiled and tried to boot,
but that too
gets the same errors.

It seems to me that it has a lot of problems with the HDD/-controller, as it
keeps
complaining about it all the time.

Among others, these are the strangest in my openion:
<4>Warning, log replay starting on readonly filesystem
<4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
<4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
<4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
<4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
<4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
<4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
<4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
<4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
<4>ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0

I have tried changing the disk, changing cable, tested all HDD-settings (MW,
SMART, DMA)

As this is a quite attractive server board, I hope I will get some good help
with this problem.

Any additional information needed? Tell me..

-=Dead2=-

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Breeding" <ledzep37@home.com>
> Also if you wouldn't mind sending me your
> .config from your 2.4.10 kernel I would like to check some options to do
> with your problem.  Thanks.
>
> Jordan
>
> Jordan Breeding wrote:
> >
> >
> > P.S. - I didn't see a 1003 version of the -D bios at ftp.asuscom.de but
> > I did see a 1004 version.  I also did not see a DLS bios listed at all,
> > this board is hinted at and has basic specs listed at several sites on
> > the internet, does it exist, can it be bought?  Thanks for any
> > information that you can give me about the CUV266-DLS.  BTW, the
> > unexpected APIC thing is no big deal, it is saying that one of the
> > registers of the APIC stuff is set to something that was unexpected, it
> > happens on almost all current SMP boards I have worked with.
> >
> > Dead2 wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm having big problems with booting on this motherboard.
> > >
> > > It is a dual motherboard with 2x Intel P3 866Mhz cpus
> > > Asus CUV 266-D  Bios rev. 1003
> > >
> > > I have tried to boot with the following kernels:
> > > 2.4.0 (SuSE 7.1 Install CD)
> > > 2.4.4? (SuSE 7.2 Install CD)
> > > 2.4.10 Custom compiled with SMP, but no extra ACPI or APM
> > >
> > > 2.4.0 boots and works for a while, but installation always fails..
> > > It just stops, and never gives any error messages.
> > >
> > > 2.4.4 boots and works for a while, but installation always fails..
> > > It most often stops, but some times it complains about some HDD
> > > error (too fast for me to see what it actually says) then reboots.
> > >
> > > 2.4.10 boots, but only with MPS 1.1, and most of the bios in safety
mode.
> > > When it gets to checking the HDD it fails and mounts it read-only.
> > >
> > > I can see ACPI errors occuring while booting, but they run along too
fast
> > > for me to fine-read.. (any way to pause/delay it?)
> > > Something about unexpected or unknown ACPI-IO *i think*
> > >
> > > I have tried to change the HDD with another one, and have confirmed
> > > that both are working in another comp. (Western Digital WD200)
> > >
> > > If you need any other info, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Please give me feedback on what this might be, and how this can be
solved.
> > >
> > > - Hans K. Rosbach aka Dead2
> > >
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Re: Asus CUV266-D problems

[Dead2]

It uses an UDMA-100 certified cable, it is the regular flat type.
80pin, both ends connected, no defects or sharp bends detected.

I have tried 3 _NEW_ cables now, and none of them fixes the problem.
I have also tried 2 disks with the same results.
I have not overclocked, and I run the safest bios config I can think of..

It is also _VERY_ predictable..  It only occurs at that one point during
booting of Linux. (See the logfile attached with the last mail)

I surely don't understand what I have done wrong if anything..

-=Dead2=-

PS: Thanx for any help!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hahn" <hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca>
To: "Dead2" <dead2@circlestorm.org>
Sent: Friday, 28 September, 2001 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: Asus CUV266-D problems


> > <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> 
> BadCRC can only ever mean that there's signal corruption on the cable
> (detected and retried; harmless if infrequent.)  most often, this is 
> because your cable is out-of-spec: it must be <= 18", both ends must
> be plugged in, and it must be 80-conductor if you're using > udma33.
> overclocking and badly-designed motherboards can cause this as well;
> "rounded" cables will too, probably, since they trash the cable's
> crosstalk specs.
>