Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:47:43 -0700 | From | Samuel Flory <> | Subject | Re: Intel-based motherboard |
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Cole Nielsen wrote:
> Hello -=- > I know it's considered poor practice to just post to a list but I > have a question which I and others have been unable to solve relating > to the chipset on my motherboard. > I have an Intel 845PE-based motherboard in my Dell 4550 purchased > last May. I've been running LINUX on it for about 2 months now and I > like it a lot. Interestingly enough, even with DMA enabled, > performance from the HD, CD-ROM, and CD-RW sucks! For example... > writing a 650M CD takes nearly 45 minutes on my 40x burner. Copying a > few hundred meg of data from one partition to another on the HD took > nearly an hour and a half. When I try to watch a DivX movie or one of > the movies for q3 or Diablo 2, they skip and get out of synch. I've > included some information about my system which may be of help. > > ==== /sbin/lspci ==== > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host > Bridge (rev 11) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP > Bridge (rev 11) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01) > > 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01) > > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 > MX420] (rev a3) > 02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video > Capture (rev 11) > 02:00.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio > Capture (rev 11) > 02:01.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp > Modem (rev 01) > 02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 > (rev 0a) > 02:02.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port > (rev 0a) > 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) > > ==== dmesg | grep ide ==== > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > reiserfs: checking transaction log (ide0(3,1)) for (ide0(3,1)) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in request queue (0) > Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > bttv0: registered device video0 > > Dell Dimension 4550 > 512M RAM > 3.06Ghz > 80G HD > SuSE 8.1 > 50x CD-ROM > 40x52x40 burner > > > again, I post to the list as a last resort because if I can't get this > working, I'll have to return to using m$ software. Thanks in advance > for any help! > > Cole Nielsen >
What are the ide settings on the various devices? Can we have the output of hdparm -vi, hdparm -d, and hdparm -t on each device? What kernel are you using? My guess is you are are not using dma. Try the latest 2.4.22pre kernel.
-- Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory <sflory@rackable.com>
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