MCP55 SATA problems (was Re: PATA-SATA convertor drive inaccessibility)

[Mark Powell]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Mark Powell wrote:

> Ok some further info.

This seems MCP55 related.
   I have moved my two PATA SATA converted drives onto a Sil 3132 2-port 
PCI-E controller. I have no drives on the MCP55 SATA ports. I have cabled 
my 3rd drive directly into the MCP55 IDE port. No problems whatsoever with 
7.0 now. My zfs raidz has come back to life :)
   The system reboots properly now and the BIOS is happy restarting the PC.
   7.0 is definately doing something screwy with the MCP55 SATA 
controllers, but only when a drive is connected to them. Otherwise it's 
fine.
   Many thanks.

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