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MSI K8N Neo4-FI
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2 34987 12-29-2006
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Description: Hardware info:
- Socket 939 CPU support (64-bit AMD Opteron, Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 processor)
- Supports dual channel DDR 266/333/400, using four 184-pin DDR DIMMs (max 4GB)
- One PCI Express x16 slot (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant), one PCI Express x4 slots (support PCI Express x2 only), one PCI Express x1 slots (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
- Four 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
- An IDE controller on the NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes
- 7.1 channel audio codec RealTek ALC850
- Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E1111 PHY
- IEEE 1394 (a.k.a. Firewire), VIA 6307 chipset

Note about SATA:
Running with kernel 2.6.17.4 I got some SATA-problems, with 2.6.18-rc1 the problems have disappeared.

Link to official site: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=651
Keywords: socket939 nforce4 sata2
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset
Connection Type: Socket 939


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Old 07-13-2006, 09:39 AM   #1
drirr
 
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 5

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.18-rc1
Distribution: Debian Sid (unstable)



Everything works just fine with 2.6.18-rc1, with earlier kernels I had some problems with my SATA drive, I would randomly get the following messages in /var/log/messages:
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: ata2: command 0xc8 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x1
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: ata2: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: ata2: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: sda: Current: sense key: Aborted Command
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: Additional sense: Scsi parity error
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: Info fld=0x25cc897
Jul 4 12:32:11 grimreaper kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 39635095

I ran SMART tests, badblocks check and nothing was found, ran Samsungs own diagnostics tool (HUTIL) which said everything was fine. 2.6.18-rc1 contains some libata patches so I tried that kernel and since that everything has been working fine.
 
Old 12-29-2006, 04:55 AM   #2
killy9999
 
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: openSUSE 11.3/11.4 x64
Posts: 110

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.13-15.11-default
Distribution: Open SuSE 10.0 64bit


Everything works perfect, no compatibility problems. No sata problems with my kernel.
 




  



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