Re: [gentoo-user] resource mapping wrong? pci-x nvidia fails to load

[Jimmy Rosen <listjiro@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 16 March 2006 06.01, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 3/14/06, Jimmy Rosen <listjiro@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Now, this is an NVidia GeForce 6600 PCI-X card on an Intel
> > SE7525RP2
>
> Have you tried updating the motherboard BIOS?
>
> According to the thread here:
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46824
>
> "We had feedback from Intel and it's common PCI problem with
> SE7525GP2" "Hopefully Intel fixes (their) firmware so I can use the
> two SE7525GP2s now sitting in the cabinet."
>
> This was over a year ago, and it looks like intel has done a couple
> of BIOS updates since then.
>
> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.
>aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2095&OSFullName=SuSE*+Linux+Enterprise+S
>erver+9.0&lang=eng&strOSs=127&submit=Go%21
>
> Of particular interest in the release notes:
>
> - SP/GP Tracker 20204 :  [X] nVidia graphics cards do not work on
> GP2.
>
> Ok, so everything references a GP2, and you have an RP2, but maybe
> they have the same problem/fix?
>
> -Richard


Thanks a bunch guys. Really helpful. Saved the day you did.
Now I'm really happy, because I can finally bring my personal 
workstation home to my apartment, instead of keeping it in the lab to 
be able to do any real work.

I finally got the approval from the sysadmins to flash the bios with 
the xxx04xxx18xxx update, and ... it worked like a charm. The problem 
is gone and all is well, so far at least.

If anyone is considering this kind of setup based on the Intel 
SE7525GP2 or SE7525RP2, I would recommend going with a cheaper dual 
core athlon or opteron setup instead. This thing is way overpriced 
and doesn't give enough bang for the bucks.



Harebrafolk
Jimmy
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