maxtor drive issue

[Ted Ozolins]

On Friday 19 July 2002 19:51, dep wrote:
> begin  m.w.chang's  quote:
> | DId dep reveal the motherboard deployed? Indeed, it's more likely a
> | motherboard and BIOS issue....
>
> it's an asus p4b533, and according to alan cox there's a bios problem
> with the ide controller. i do not know; at this point i pretty much
> do not care. installing linux via long distance telephone is bad
> enough; trying to troubleshoot hardware that way, with someone who
> does not know hardware or really much care is just awful. she should
> have gotten one of the walmart boxen with the mandrake preload. but
> they do not have those in their stores.

According to a local computer tech (one of the best I've known) there is a 
"beta" bios on asus' ftp site. The crap_for_bios of that MB is even giving 
the wintendo crowd a run for their money. This is the second MB that asus has 
produced that had problems with the ata-100 drives. Both times it seems that 
the fix is a beta bios. I use to swear by asus MB's but not anymore. 

-- 
Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.