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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: FIX (?!): BusLogic BT-946C firmware problem
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References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960611044017.2184A-100000-100000@dca.net> <Dsu2Ew.EEx@ritz.mordor.com> <VIXIE.96Jun16003658@wisdom.vix.com> <6127cc$03710.1d@NEWS>
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Organization: St. Peter's College, US
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:26:46 GMT
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In article <6127cc$03710.1d@NEWS>, mury@goldengate.net (Mury) writes:
> Are you saying the Rev E fixes the problem, or Rev E is also a
> problem? Someone told me that Rev F works better, but I don't trust
> their opinion outright. Anyone else have any experience?
The only difference between the Rev E series and the Rev F is the
presence of a BIOS socket. Rev E0 has 3 PLCC sockets (FW1/FW2/BIOS)
with chips in each. Rev E05 has the same 3 sockets, but the BIOS one
is empty (there's a copy of the BIOS in the FW1/2 parts, but it only
works for PCI-compliant motherboards - the BIOS in the BIOS socket
is used for non-compliant motherboards). Rev F deletes the empty BIOS
socket - all that's there are the pads on the PC board.
I am running BT-946C's as old as Rev A without any problems on
heavily-loaded news servers and similar systems. As long as the boards
have the latest firmware there have been no problems.
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
+1 201 915 9381 (voice) +1 201 435-3662 (FAX)