Problem: Promise SATA w/ 2.6.3 kernel freezes computer
 

I've got an Asus A7N8X-Del mobo (w/ it's SATA disabled due to it being fubared), and a Promise SATA150 TX2Plus. I'm not using RAID, or anything like that, just 3 CD/DVD-ROM/RWs and a IDE HD on my primary mobo channels, and a single SATA drive on my PCI card. It seems that in every distro of Linux I've tried (Mandrake Cooker, Gentoo) w/ 2.6 kernel support (support for this controller w/ 2.4 is almost nonexistent aside from RH9) except for RH9 and Fedora Core 2 end with the system locking up and the HD led being lit solid. A few times during Mdk 10's install (fails to init and shit, but that's a seperate prob I gave up on), and some random time during Gentoo's install. I already tried turning of ACPI support in the kernel when I configure it and on the live CD (I'm bent on Gentoo now). Anyone have any idea what's going on?

see if you can turn of ACPI in your bios, or APIC , cant remember now.