what is my IDE chipset!!!

godxzilla · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2002 Posts: 70 Location: Columbus, OH

i have an abit bd7II (i845) motherboard, it comes in 2 flavors, RAID and non RAID. I have the non-raid version (dont need it)

I have read ever spec, tid-bit, review, piece of information on this board, and I still cant find out what IDE chipset I have. WTF!

anyone have this board, or know where i can get info on how to find what chipset I have?

thanks in advance.

Mike

rojaro · l33t Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 732

rommel · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2002 7:18 pm Post subject:

i thought 845 was the chipset on that board...this is a newer ddr based board for a p4 ?

godxzilla · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2002 Posts: 70 Location: Columbus, OH

yeah, what im finding out is the ide controller is part of the i845 chipset. what module do I need to load for that? (so I can get DMA support, etc)

any idea? because im stumped

rommel · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2002 9:08 pm Post subject:

well i am not really sure , i have been running amd and via since i started using linux so i ahvent had to think about what your asking....looking in the kernel config i really dont see any options specific for the newer intel chipsets so before you worry too much about it just compile support into the kernel for all the dma stuff (stuff taht is usually selected by default) like 'generic pci ide chipset support', 'sharing pci ide interrupt support' , 'generic pci bus master dma support' , and 'use pci dma by default when available'.

after that run hdparm -tT /dev/hdx and see what your getting for cache and disk reads.