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In <4ild38$16bs@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, cbarr@fsrl.com (Christopher J. Barr) writes:
>I am running an Adaptec 2940UW on a 200MHz Pentium Pro with ALR motherboard
>and 4 Meg Matrox Millenium. Warp Connect. Two Fast Wide SCSI Drives from
>Micropolis, a jaz drive, a HP CD-R and an HP4c. No problems -- except for the
>jaz which will not format HPFS. That is the jaz drive's fault, I discover.
>
>Chris

Thanks.  Below is the stuff I've collected so far.  I'm hesitant to make 
much of a diagnosis/analysis and prefer to let folks make of the data what 
they will.  In general, the 2940uw/2940 + Matrox Millenium combo seems to
work more often than not, but that is only based on the responses I have 
collected.

It amazes me how difficult it is to find a combination of hardware that will
work without 'gotchas'.  For instance, I am now considering as an 
alternative to the expensive (and apparently sometimes problematic Adaptec 2940xx
controllers) the NCR825/875 based scsi controllers for use with a new Tyan
Titan III and a couple of Quantum Prodrive scsi disks I already have.  These
disks have been working very well in a 486/SIS with Adaptec 1542CF
controller, running OS/2 Warp, and Dos/Win.  Tyan offers controllers based 
on these chips, however Pat Duffy's September 1995 PCI SCSI FAQ
http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2/workbench/pci_scsi.html says that the Tyan
controllers in particular WILL NOT WORK WITH OS/2!  Don't know if this is 
still true, but I've got an email into Tyan tech support to try and find 
out.  Moreover, I have more than one post claiming that these NCR based 
controllers have problems with Quantum Prodrive scsi disks.  Is it just me 
or is PC hardware compatibility getting WORSE and not better every
year?  It appears VERY easy to make an expensive mistake.  I guess that's 
why people buy Dells etc.  In one additional attempt to really confuse the 
issue, I'm also considering the Cyrix 6x86 (120/133 (if supported)/150) 
series chips as an alternative to a Pentium in the Tyan board.  Of course 
I have NO data on the combination of the Tyan w/Cyrix 6x86+Adaptec (or
NCR)+Matrox video card using OS/2 or any other environment.  I know one 
thing, no matter how much I research and/or plan, something's gonna come up 
I haden't considered/known about.  I guess I like this stuff or I'm a 
glutton for punishment etc.

Any comments/info on any of these issues welcome.

--Don

Don A.B. Lindbergh II         | Why can't you make a living
                              | like the rest of the boys
dabl2@nes.nlm.nih.gov         | Instead of filling your head
not a spokesperson for nlm    | with all that synthesized noise? - Todd R.
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From: Russ Smith <smith@ur-guh.com>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.os.os2.setup.storage,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:03:01 -0500
Message-ID: <3149DB05.4FE7@ur-guh.com>
References: <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu>

Don Lindbergh wrote:
> [a message re problems with the 290UW et al]

The problem appears to be with the BIOS of the Adaptec
controller card and its interference with the BIOSes of
the various motherboards. Adaptec Tech Support has told
more than one person that BIOS version 1.23 should
fix the problem (current is 1.21, 1.22 was a "special issue"
that doesn't count).

A particular motherboard may NOT exhibit the problem
with the Adaptec controller; for example, a collegue has
a TYAN TITAN III and the 2940UW and Matrox Millenium - he
doesn't seem to have any problems. I, on the other hand,
have the AMI ATLAS PCI II and the 2940UW and the Matrox
Millenium and I can't get Warm Reboots to work.

See the MRBIOS web page FAQ, http://www.mrbios.com , for
more words on buggy Adaptec BIOSes.

Russ <Smith@ur-guh.com>

Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09:00:42 -0500
From: "Russ Smith" <smith@ur-guh.com>
Organization: Ur-Guh Complex Incorporated
Reply-To: "Russ Smith" <smith@ur-guh.com>
To: uunet!lhc.nlm.nih.gov!dabl2@uunet.uu.net
Subject:   Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
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My "pleasure"...

Still waiting for that BIOS upgrade to see if it
solves my inability to warm reboot; all fingers
are now pointing at the Adaptec BIOS as the
root of the problem, so we'll see.

After THAT, I can worry about the apparent
lack of speed of the 166MHz AMI Atlas PCI II
this is all stuffed in (performance about 20%
below expected numbers on most benchmarks)!

Yours,

Russ <Smith@ur-guh.com>

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ADAPTEC 2940 UW + MATROX MILLENIUM STUFF
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[search for]             SCORE
***TYAN                  2+ 0-
***ASUS                  1+ 0-
***ALR                   1+ 0-

***TYAN MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 UW + MATROX***

From: Graphics.Techsupport@Matrox.COM
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:54:10 -0500
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To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
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        Disable any IRQ assigned to the millenium and download a utility
called pcispy.exe from our bbs or ftp site(see list below). Run "pcispy.exe
-l" to show you the list. If it shows you conflict between the millenium and
other pci cards run "pcispy..exe -c" to correct the problem.

At 01:48 PM 3/18/96 -0500, dabl2@nlm.nih.gov wrote:
>Hi,
>wondered if you were aware of any problems using a Millenium in combination
>with an Adaptec 2940 or 2940uw scsi controller in particular motherboards.
>I'm specifically interested in this combination in a Tyan Titon III
>motherboard.  I've read many posts on the net about apparent problems with
>the Millenium + 2940uw in certain motherboards.  Any comments appreciated
>
>--Don
>dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
>
>
>
>
 
> graph_ts@matrox.com
> Matrox technical support
> 
> Please keep all transmissions on the same Email.
> 
> Tel: 514-685-0270 x2552
> BBS: 514-685-6008
> Compuserve: GO MATROX
> WWW: http://www.matrox.com
> FTP: ftp.matrox.com
> 
> Problems regarding Web site or ftp site should be sent to
> webmaster@matrox.com
> 
> Unix/Linux drivers are available from X-Inside 303-384-9999.
> Please excuse any outstanding delays.

> Please keep all transmissions on the same Email.
> 
> Tel: 514-685-0270 x2552
> BBS: 514-685-6008
> Compuserve: GO MATROX

Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:10:19 -0800
From: Chuck Bartlett <support@tyan.com>
Organization: Tyan Computer Corp.
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Unprivileged user wrote:
> 
> recipient = support@tyan.com
> subject = tech_support form
> email = dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
> username = Don Lindbergh
> Company =
> Vendor = presales question
> Product = Titan III
> BIOS_Version = n/a
> CPU Speed = 133
> Cache = 512 PB
> Memory_size = 16 meg EDO
> hard_disk = Adaptec 2940uw
> graphics = Matrox Millenium
> sound = Media Vision PAS16
> cd_rom = Plextor 6Plex (6x)
> modem = Zyxel U1496
> problem = Hi,
> I wondered if you knew of any problems with the combination of an Adaptec 2940 or 2940uw scsi controller with a Matrox Millenium video card 
in your Titan III m
> 
> thanks for any and all comments
> 
> --Don
> dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
> -----------------------------------------------Have not heard of any problems between the two. In fact we have tested
the matrox millenium with the adaptec 2940, 2940w, 3940 and 3985 without
any problems.

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ORIGINAL POST 2-24-96
=====================

Problems of win95 with Tyan Titan III MB

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From           dinesh@cisco.com (Dinesh Jalisatgi)
Organization   cisco Systems, Inc., Menlo Park, Ca.
Date           24 Feb 1996 06:39:43 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
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Hello,

I upgraded my motherboard with, Tyan Titan III, P133 Mhz and 512 KB
pipeline cache.

When I boot up with Win95 it recognizes the chipset etc and then it goes
ahead and tries to find the contoleers installed.

I have Adaptec 2940 UW and Matrox Impression PCI cards.

It recognizes the Adaptec SCSI card and tries to install it and the machine
hangs. The same thing happens with Matrox if I switch the PCI slots and
put Matrox ahead of Adaptec. The other card I have is Sound Blaster card.

The above setup used to work perfectly with a no name 486 PCi MB.

I have tried slowing down the memory access etc from Bios and the machine
still hangs.

I have two 32 MB simms of 70 ns. I also changed the simms to two 16 MB,
70 ns simms and the problem still occurs.

Any idea what I should do.

Any suggestions or comments is appreciated.

I am sure the machine and MB might be okay as I run OS2 perfectly with the
same setup and with same BIOS settings.

So this definitely is a problem of WIN95.

All help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Dinesh

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REPLY to Don's 3-15-96 query
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:11:27 -0800
From: Dinesh Jalisatgi <dinesh@cisco.com>
Message-Id: <199603152011.MAA02258@puli.cisco.com>
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Problems of win95 with Tyan Titan III MB
Content-Type: text

Hello,

You may have to copy the whoel WIN 95 again. You donot loose any data
or config files. The new installation will just recopy the files.

After reinstallation have the new drivres disk for 2940 UW ready as it will
ask for it.


Then everything will be okay.

Adaptec and Matrox donot conflict and is a great combination.

The tyan II board is awesome. To get more spped try out Mr Bios bios software.

Dinesh

Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:23:24 -0800
From: Dinesh Jalisatgi <dinesh@cisco.com>
Message-Id: <9603181123.ZM15227@puli.cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don Lindbergh)
        "Re: Problems of win95 with Tyan Titan III MB" (Mar 16, 12:31am)
References: <199603160533.AAA16932@nlm.nih.gov>
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On Mar 16, 12:31am, Don Lindbergh wrote:
> Subject: Re: Problems of win95 with Tyan Titan III MB
> Dinesh,
>
> wanted to confirm a couple of things since you are the only one to reply so
far with the EXACT setup I plan to use.  If you would be so kind to take a
moment, it would help a great deal to know the exact model and bios revision of
your components to ensure at least one known working setup using these
components.  I'm actually more interested in the components functioning
together AT ALL etc than specifically under Win95, though it's helpful to know
those tricks too.  For myself, I'll be running OS/2, the usual Dos+WIn 3.x,
probably NT, and maybe Win95.
>
> QUESTIONS:
>
> 1. What bios/cmos type and revision (version etc) for Tyan Titon III

I used the Award Bios 2.5 initially and currently using Mr Bios 3.31
> 2. Does the Triton chipset itself have a revision (version)

No.

> 3. What bios/cmos type and revision (version etc) for Adaptec 2940UW

The bios is 1.21

> 4. What bios/cmos type and revision (version etc) for Matrox Millenium
> 5. What driver set (win95 etc) revision (version etc) for Matrox Millenium

I have a Matrox impression card and not Millenium.


From: dschmid@trytel.on.ca (Danny Schmid)
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 04:43:36 GMT
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Hello, I have that exact combo Tyan Tittan III mainboard, Adaptec
2940UW, and a Matrox Millennium 2meg retail. I have not had a problem
with OS2, DOS + Windows3.11, or Windows 95. Linux dosn't support the
Adaptec 2940 UW yet.

Good Luck 

Danny Schmid

From: Danny Schmid <dschmid@trytel.on.ca>
To: "'Don Lindbergh'" <dabl2@nlm.nih.gov>
Subject: RE: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:49:45 -0500
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From: 	Don Lindbergh[SMTP:dabl2@nlm.nih.gov]
Sent: 	Sunday, March 17, 1996 11:51 AM
To: 	dschmid@trytel.on.ca
Subject: 	Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus

On Sun, 17 Mar 1996 04:43:36 GMT you wrote:

Hi and thanks very much for your reply

>Hello, I have that exact combo Tyan Tittan III mainboard, Adaptec
>2940UW, and a Matrox Millennium 2meg retail. I have not had a problem
>with OS2, DOS + Windows3.11, or Windows 95. Linux dosn't support the
>Adaptec 2940 UW yet.

Great, good to know.  Do you know if your adaptec was a Rev A,B etc?
(apparently it matters).
 =20
Any further comments about the hardware appreciated,
Tyan/Adaptec/Matrox bios etc.  I have more than one post from users
who must revert to an earlier Adaptec bios revision in some cases for
the card to function in their environment etc.

Are you liking the Matrox? Dos games work ok/fast? What *doesn't*
work? OS/2 returning to PM from Dos game/graphics mode, mpeg, avi,
quicktime for windows etc.? Any pure Dos/Win stuff which doesn't work
quite right?

mucho thanks for your time

--Don


DABL
dabl2@nes.nlm.nih.gov

Hi sorry to take so long to reply but I had to open my pc to check =
things. Ok hey it is=20
Adaptec 2940UW=20
rev B
bios 1.21

Matrox Millennium
rev A
bios 1.9

Tyan Tittan III Mainboard
Rev (S1468-PCB-03(C)1995
bios 2.5 (no ncr support)

So far every thing has run except cyclemania and I just reinstalled =
cyclemania to test and it works to. The Matrox is great, everything runs =
and it is extremely fast in Windows,Dos,OS2 and Linux (with Xinside) =
Peaple on the comp.sys.ibm.video news groups that are complaining=20
about performance and compatibity I thing most on the are just putting =
the blame on the video card when the fault could be something else. How =
many video card makers put out os2 drivers at the same rate they put out =
windows drivers? None is the answer. If this card was made by diamond =
the press would be going crazy over it.

So good luck in the future

Danny Schmid

Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 18:19:07 -0800
From: Reid Brandon <rbrandon@crl.com>
Message-Id: <199603160219.AA01832@crl7.crl.com>
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
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In article <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu> you wrote:
: I have been reading and collecting posts of problems with Adaptec 2940xx
: controllers in combination with Matrox Millenium video cards.  Note the 
: problem appears to ONLY be with the UW card (possibly with the 'W' only card
: if that exists, are there two or three versions of this card?), but NOT the
: 2940, although this is unconfirmed.

>>SNIP<<

: So, I'm still trying to sort this all out.  Obviously it's quite possible 
: the answers lies in some cases in the particular bios versions in any/all of
: the motherboard chipset, scsi controller, and video card.

Hi, Don...

I am using Titan III and a 2940UW with an old Diamond Viper 2M VRAM 
card.  I planned to replace the video with the Matrox Millenium, until I 
read your posting.  Please let me know the outcome, if anything 
positive.  I suspect the driver is the problem, and wonder if you asked 
Matrox if they had any possible solution, assuming it was the driver?
Otherwise the Titan III has been OK, and I have another running with IDE 
drive. The 2940UW is used with SCSI HD as the boot drive. Very quick!

Reid  rbrandon@crl.com

***ASUS MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 UW + MATROX***

From: mspencer@mich.com (Mark Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.os.os2.setup.storage,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 03:18:37 GMT
Message-ID: <314e2680.15818072@news.mich.com>
References: <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu>

I'm running a 2940UW with a Matrox Millenium on an Asus P55TP4N 512k
pb cache. No problems since flashing the BIOS to the latest revision.
Prior to the flash I had a few floppy read errors, especially when
accessing the floppy from a DOS window under Win95.


***ALR MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 UW + MATROX***

From: cbarr@fsrl.com
Message-Id: <199603190427.EAA123448@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>
To: cbarr@fsrl.com
Reply-To: cbarr@fsrl.com
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Mon Mar 18 20:24:38 1996
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I am running an Adaptec 2940UW on a 200MHz Pentium Pro with ALR motherboard
and 4 Meg Matrox Millenium. Warp Connect. Two Fast Wide SCSI Drives from
Micropolis, a jaz drive, a HP CD-R and an HP4c. No problems -- except for the
jaz which will not format HPFS. That is the jaz drive's fault, I discover.

Chris

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ADAPTEC 2940 + MATROX MILLENIUM STUFF
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***TYAN                  1+ 0-                  
***ASUS                  2+ 0-
***SUPERMICRO            2+ 0-
***INTEL                 1+ 0-
***MICRON                1+ 0-
***OTHER                 2+ 3-

***TYAN MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 + MATROX*** 1+ 0-

Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 13:46:16 -0800
From: David Francis Scavo <dscavo@crl.com>
Message-Id: <199603152146.AA16050@crl2.crl.com>
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
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In comp.periphs.scsi you write:

>What I'd like to do is buy a:

>Tyan Titan III (S1468) w/512k PB cache, 16 meg EDO ram
>Adaptec 2940UW scsi controller
>Matrox Millenium 2MB video card

Well, this doesn't really help, but I have 
Tyan Titan III (512KB, PB - 16mb EDO) Award BIOS v2.5
Adaptec 2940 (BIOS v1.16)
Matrox Millenium 2MB

And it is running great under OS/w, Win 3.1, Win95.

Seems like the UW might be the culprit.

From: daedalus@postoffice.ptd.net (Jack McAdams)
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 22:06:26 GMT
Organization: The Daedalus Group

I would like to hear more about this, Todd. I have a Titan III, and
just ordered a 2940UW, and was about to oredr a Matrox Millenium,
XL-MPEG and Media TV. Now I'm not so sure. I have not seen earlier
postings concerning this mixture. If you have them saved I sure would
appreciate it if you could forward them via email. Or perhaps a
synopsis of what the reported problems involve?

For what it is worth: I am currently using the 2940 without a problem
on the Titan. However, it is not the ultra-wide and I have an ATI Mach
64 video board for now. 

Does the problem revolve about the MATROX / 2940UW, or is the TitanIII
a critical factor?

Also - by the way: ASUS has announced their new motherboard (I can't
recall the model!) which looks to be a replacemnet for the Titan III.
It supports the new Intel Triron 2 chipset and up to 200MHz CPU. I
don't have anything yet on the other features.

Let's keep in touch on this - Ithink we are about to share a problem!

Jack McAdams
daedalus@postoffice.ptd.net

Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 17:22:36 -0500 (EST)
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To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
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In article <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu> you wrote:
: I have been reading and collecting posts of problems with Adaptec 2940xx
: controllers in combination with Matrox Millenium video cards.  Note the 
: problem appears to ONLY be with the UW card (possibly with the 'W' only card
: if that exists, are there two or three versions of this card?), but NOT the
: 2940, although this is unconfirmed.

I will find out soon.  Sometime over the next week or so I should be 
assembling a new PC.  I already bought a 4MB Matrox Mill. and plan on 
getting a Tyan Titan III and a Adaptec 2940 (not a UW).  I will also be 
using a AWE32 PnP sound card as well.

--George C.


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***ASUS MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 + MATROX*** 2+ 0-

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(editor's note: these systems have other problems but reflect the relative success
                of asus motherboards with the 2940 + Millenium)

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Win95/5302A/Millen. & SoftPeg

From           dmalmo@magmacom.com (Dave Malmo)
Organization   Your Organization
Date           7 Mar 1996 03:28:18 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom
Message-ID     <4hll4i$jp1@mag3.magmacom.com>

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Howdy,

Anybody running into problems getting the latest CompCore SoftPeg MPEG/CD-I
player running under Win95. For the life of me I can't figure out what's
going on. It looks like a CD driver problem or something since everything
works just "marvy" under Win3.1?

Hardware config and installed software components:
ASUS P133
16Mb
Toshiba 5302A 4x CDROM
1GB IDE
Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI
2Mb Matrox Millenium
Latest Matrox 2.22.39 drivers
Latest Matrix 1.9 BIOS
Matrox directX

Now when I kick off "cd vision" I get the following message:

CD VISION:Either CD Format Unrecognized Or CD Drive is Empty

Now I've been reading in a couple of posting here that the Win95 default
CDROM driver does not support CD-I (Phillips) CD's. OK. So I'll disable all
32 bit mode drivers in Win95 and load the CD driver and MSCDEX from config.sys
and autoexec. NOT.. that does not work either. I get the same error message.

If anybody has been able to get this to work, your help would be
greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

-dave

Re: Best HW for fast compiles (UPDATE)

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From           mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo)
Organization   The Ohio State University
Date           12 Mar 1996 03:41:48 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.sys.next.hardware
Message-ID     <4i2rps$dr5@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
References     1 2 3

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Here's some benchmarks from my new P166 system.  Relevant components:
Asus P55TP4N, 256K PB cache
Pentium 166
64 MB 60ns DRAM
Matrox Millennium 4MB WRAM
Adaptec 2940
Seagate 32430 2.1 GB HDD as /
Maxtor 1240S  1.2 GB HDD as /tmp

Summary:  lightening fast - well worth the effort spend in building your own
system!  (much cheaper, too - all components purchased from
misc.forsale.computers.storage, except for the millennium video card)

cd /NextDeveloper/Examples/AppKit/Backspace

time make install SRCROOT=/tmp/src DSTROOT=/tmp/dst OBJROOT=/tmp/obj SYMROOT=/tmp/sym

5 consecutive runs after clean reboot, logging in with only Workspace running:

23.589u 7.599s 0:43.57 71.5% 0+0k 176+1740io 0pf+0w
23.919u 7.289s 0:43.35 71.9% 0+0k 162+1741io 0pf+0w
23.859u 7.229s 0:45.15 68.8% 0+0k 243+1781io 0pf+0w
23.819u 7.239s 0:43.55 71.2% 0+0k 176+1740io 0pf+0w
23.759u 7.099s 0:43.58 70.7% 0+0k 161+1736io 0pf+0w

NXBench:
Dhrystones:     240000
VAX Mips:       152.380951

+---------------------------+
|  Millennium 4 MB WRAM PCI |
+-------------+-------------+
|             | 1600x1200   |
|             | RGB:444/16  |
|             | 66 Hz       |
+-------------+-------------+
|NXFactor 2.0 |  3.207793   |
|        line |  3.28714    |
|  arc/bezier |  3.26231    |
|        fill |  2.20324    |
|   transform |  5.78907    |
|   composite |  2.36852    |
|    userpath |  5.50492    |
|        text |  2.04523    |
|      window |  1.20188    |
+-------------+-------------+

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***SUPERMICRO MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 + MATROX*** 2+ 0-

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Re: MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940
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From           tweaver@primenet.com (Timothy Weaver)
Organization   Newport Technical Services
Date           26 Feb 1996 01:20:02 -0700
Newsgroups     comp.os.os2.setup.video
Message-ID     <4grqfi$5q7@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
References     1 2
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ojon@computek.net (Owen Jones) wrote:

>Hilary,

>I am running a 4M Matrox Millennium card and an Adaptec 2940 in my Supermicro
>CMS based machine with no problems.

I'll second that. 4MB Millenium, Adaptec 2940, and SuperMicro CMS
P133. I wouldn't say it works flawlessly, but I have never seen any
evidence of a conflict between the SCSI adapter and the video card.

***INTEL MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 + MATROX***   1+ 0-

Date: Fri, 15 Mar 96 16:55:08 -0600
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Reply-To: mike_trogni@il.us.swissbank.com
Organization: Black Planet, EQ IT, Swiss Bank Corporation
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii


hi

my hardware combination, for what its worth, is :

Matrox 4Mb Millenium PCI (latest BIOS)
Adaptec PCI 2940 (early BIOS)
SMC EtherPower PCI (late BIOS)

Intel Endeavour Motherboard, 133 Mhz Pentium , 256PB cache, 32Mb RAM 
serial Logitech mouse

OS : NeXTSTEP 3.3 with latest hardware drivers

Everything runs beautifully.  No Problems.  

-Mike

From: castor@cybernet.dk
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.os.os2.setup.storage,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:11:16 GMT
Message-ID: <314c9c12.1975267@news.uni-c.dk>
References: <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu>
Reply-To: castor@cybernet.dk

After upgrading to a Matrox Millennium BIOS greater than 1.5, I had no problem
with my AHA-2940 BIOS 1.11 on my Intel ZAPPA motherboard. While waiting for
the Millennium BIOS to be updated I replaced the AMI BIOS with the Microid
Research BIOS, which solved the problem. Meanwhile MATROX has made a couple of
utility programs for the Millennium, that should help you in solving PCI
conflicts.

-Jxrgen


***MICRON MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 + MATROX***   1+ 0-


Re: MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940
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From           sperber@ibm.net (Darryl Sperber)
Date           Fri, 08 Mar 1996 06:30:39 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.os.os2.setup.video
Message-ID     <313fd2ab.949653@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
References     1 2 3
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On Wed, 06 Mar 1996 18:49:47 GMT, chris@slave.demon.co.uk (Chris Hodgkins)
wrote:

>Yes, getting the Adaptec 2940 and the Millennium to coexist in some systems
>does seem to be a nightmare. I've had absolutely no luck here using a
>GA 486IM motherboard, and god knows I've tried.
>
>Unfortunately neither Adaptec nor Matrox seem to be able/willing to offer
>and kind of definitive solution.
>

Well call me lucky... I've got an Adaptec 2940 AND ALSO an Adaptec 2940W in my
all-SCSI Micron P133 (PCI bus), AND ALSO a Matrox MGA Millennium.  Because of
the way the Micron PCI slots work, the two Adaptec cards use IRQ #11 and IRQ
#9.  The MGA card, also PCI but does not use an IRQ, is in a third PCI slot
which by Micron motherboard has to be a duplicate of either IRQ#11 or IRQ#9.

Well, I have absolutely no problems whatsoever with any of my hardware.  I do
not believe I did anything non-default with the SCSI Select configuration of
the two 2940's (other than to set terminations correctly), nor do I remember
doing anything unusual with any dip switches, jumpers, etc., on any hardware.

Call me Mr. Lucky, for having a new motherboard from Micron.

======================================================================================
***OTHER MOTHERBOARDS + 2940 + MATROX*** 2+ 3-
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MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940

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From           chris@slave.demon.co.uk (Chris Hodgkins)
Date           Wed, 06 Mar 1996 18:49:47 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.os.os2.setup.video
Message-ID     <28zSSq$012@slave.demon.co.uk>
References     1 2

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In <312e5c0d@p0.f25.n900.z53.mailxprs.net>, Hilary Luk
Hilary_Luk@p0.f25.n900.z53.mailxprs.net> writes:

:>>I have a very big problem in OS/2 with MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940
:>>PCI SCSI Master.
:>>I am using 2940 in my old VIP M/B machine. It had conflict with
:>>Millennium.
:>>After I change to GA586-ATE PCI-ISA M/B, I use the 2940 and Millennium
again.....

<Big Snip>

Yes, getting the Adaptec 2940 and the Millennium to coexist in some systems
does seem to be a nightmare. I've had absolutely no luck here using a
GA 486IM motherboard, and god knows I've tried.

Unfortunately neither Adaptec nor Matrox seem to be able/willing to offer
and kind of definitive solution.

Matrox suggested that I upgrade the motherboard BIOS, which I've done
without success. (The Millennium was already flashed to the latest BIOS
release.)
They also seem to have acknowledged in their tech support
forum on CIS that some users have had problems with 2940/Millennium
combinations. However, they point out that they have not been able
to replicate the problem for themselves.

Adaptec suggested the following:

***********************************************************************
Make sure if possible not to assign the Adaptec card the interrupt =9
as it is shared with the video card. If your boot device is not a SCSI hard
drive then you may want to disable the bios on the Adaptec card to see if it
helps.
The other settings on the card only apply to the types of SCSI devices
connected to the card and EVERYTHING else is taken care of by the PCI
Architecture
The other things about the Adaptec AHA2940  card to be aware of are as follow:

1) Card must be in a  5.0 Volt Bus Mastering Slot ...( lookup info in m/b
doc'. )
2) Must be set to INT-A..( Interrupt Structure ). if there is an option in
M/B CMOS
3)  Must be set to LEVEL TRIGGERING  again in  M/B  CMOS.
4) Must assign an INTERRUPT to the PCI slot card is in, again if option
available in CMOS.
5) Motherboard must be  PCI 2.0 Compliant .

*************************************************************************

I hope you have better luck than I did. My solution was to ditch the 2940
for the time being and switch to Adaptecs Vl-Bus 2842A card.

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Re: MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940
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From           tro@checksix.allcon.com (Olaf Scherdin)
Organization   Scherdin PC-Systeme Flensburg
Date           Sat, 24 Feb 1996 12:58:19 +0100
Newsgroups     comp.os.os2.setup.video
Message-ID     <b1vLxUJ/BYNc090yn@checksix.allcon.com>
References     1
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In article <312e5c0d@p0.f25.n900.z53.mailxprs.net>,
Hilary Luk <Hilary_Luk@p0.f25.n900.z53.mailxprs.net> wrote:

>I have a very big problem in OS/2 with MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI
>Master.
>I am using 2940 in my old VIP M/B machine. It had conflict with Millennium.
>After I change to GA586-ATE PCI-ISA M/B, I use the 2940 and Millennium again.
>But the HD is suddently have some bad sector, also sometime in OS/2 the HD
>light grow without off.  (In this time, the system still work only the HD fail)
>After some read/write request in the system, the system will hang.
>And another experience is in OS/2 the system like hang about 1-3 minutes then
>it work again. In the fake hang period, the mouse pointer will not move,
>harddisk light off. All the thing is stop. But after the hang period, the
>system work as normal.

I'm using almost the same hardware as you do (Gigabyte 586ATEP, P100,
Adaptec 2940, Millenium 2MB) and I have no problems at all. Did you
disable disconnect/reconnect for the hd in the controller setup (press
CRTL-A while booting) ?

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Re: MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
From           jshaw@ea.oac.uci.edu      (Jimmy Shaw)
Organization   University of California, Irvine
Date           28 Feb 1996 07:57:27 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.os.os2.setup.video
Message-ID     <4h11t7$mo2@news.service.uci.edu>
References     1
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In <312e5c0d@p0.f25.n900.z53.mailxprs.net>, Hilary Luk <Hilary_Luk@p0.f25.n900.z53.mailxprs.net> writes:
>Hello All.
>
>I have a very big problem in OS/2 with MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI
>Master.
>I am using 2940 in my old VIP M/B machine. It had conflict with Millennium.
>After I change to GA586-ATE PCI-ISA M/B, I use the 2940 and Millennium again.
>But the HD is suddently have some bad sector, also sometime in OS/2 the HD
>light grow without off.  (In this time, the system still work only the HD fail)
>After some read/write request in the system, the system will hang.
>And another experience is in OS/2 the system like hang about 1-3 minutes then
>it work again. In the fake hang period, the mouse pointer will not move,
>harddisk light off. All the thing is stop. But after the hang period, the
>system work as normal.

Check to see if you have the latest 2940 BIOS (v1.16).  It is available from
Adaptec's BBS.  The problem is you'll need to reprogram the EPROM yourself,
as Adaptec uses non-flash-upgradeable parts.

Another thing to try is to see if both PCI cards are using the same PCI
interrupt.  They shouldn't be.  If it is available in BIOS, see if you can
change the trigger from EDGE to LEVEL (or LEVEL to EDGE) trigger.

I've seen both cards coexist nicely on a few Triton-based motherboards.

>Hilary
>
>--- GoldED 2.50+
> * Origin: Surprising Realms/2 - Multi-Line & 28.8k - (852)2305-439 (53:900/25)

// Jimmy Shaw                        OS/2 Warp 3 Engaged on Nov. 10, 1994
// jshaw@uci.edu                     Linux Installed on Sep. 12, 1995

Re: CRASH, CRASH, CRASH

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From           Christopher Roth Woodard <cwoodard@ix.netcom.com>
Organization   Department of Eternal Affairs
Date           Wed, 13 Mar 1996 21:17:41 -0800
Newsgroups     comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,alt.os.windows95.crash.crash.crash
Message-ID     <3147ABF5.23A6@ix.netcom.com>
References     1 2
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Crash is the word here also.  I have recorded a whole page of these
errors for someone to figure out.  Me?  What?  Well, I am spending too
much time looking for some answers to be able to fix anything.

DISSAPOINTED WIN95 USER!!

Dave Hawnt wrote:
>
> Andy wrote:
> >
> > Hi all...
> >
> > I am dealing with a big problem, which i really dont know how to
> > handle.
> > but first the system:
> >
> > Pentium 120 - Intel
> > Adaptec PCI SCSI (2940)
> > 32 megs, 1 GB HD
> > matrox millenium (2 mb)
> > miro connect
> >
> > problem:
> >
> > sometimes during startup (after win95 logo),
> > sometimes during working
> > frequently during installations
> >
> > windows says goodby to me with the following message
> >
> > An exception error  0E has occurred at 0028:C00035D5  in VxD VMM(01) +
> > 00002505
> >
> > i did all the normal stuff, i reformatted my hard drive, system is
> > working optimal (win95 at least says so).
> >
> > Has anyone seen something like this?  Or does anyone have suggestions?
> > what does this error mean? is it virtual memeory trouble?
> > any help appreciated
> >
> > please MAIL me, cause my provider deletes all the messages every day!
> >
> > Thanks, so long, andy
>
> You have to much memory, 32mb! Send me 8mb. That should fix it.
>
> (seriously, check to see if you have any hardware conflicks. ie. COM
> ports, memory address etc.)
>
> Good luck
>
> Dave (UK)

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Re: MGA Millennium and Adaptec 2940

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From           sperber@ibm.net (Darryl Sperber)
Date           Fri, 08 Mar 1996 06:30:39 GMT
Newsgroups     comp.os.os2.setup.video
Message-ID     <313fd2ab.949653@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
References     1 2 3

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On Wed, 06 Mar 1996 18:49:47 GMT, chris@slave.demon.co.uk (Chris Hodgkins)
wrote:

>Yes, getting the Adaptec 2940 and the Millennium to coexist in some systems
>does seem to be a nightmare. I've had absolutely no luck here using a
>GA 486IM motherboard, and god knows I've tried.
>
>Unfortunately neither Adaptec nor Matrox seem to be able/willing to offer
>and kind of definitive solution.
>

Well call me lucky... I've got an Adaptec 2940 AND ALSO an Adaptec 2940W in my
all-SCSI Micron P133 (PCI bus), AND ALSO a Matrox MGA Millennium.  Because of
the way the Micron PCI slots work, the two Adaptec cards use IRQ #11 and IRQ
#9.  The MGA card, also PCI but does not use an IRQ, is in a third PCI slot
which by Micron motherboard has to be a duplicate of either IRQ#11 or IRQ#9.

Well, I have absolutely no problems whatsoever with any of my hardware.  I do
not believe I did anything non-default with the SCSI Select configuration of
the two 2940's (other than to set terminations correctly), nor do I remember
doing anything unusual with any dip switches, jumpers, etc., on any hardware.

Call me Mr. Lucky, for having a new motherboard from Micron.

From: dchiang@mustang.uwo.ca (Daniel Chiang)
To: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:27:29 GMT
Message-Id: <314c9e77.2231630@129.100.2.50>
References: <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu>
X-Mailer: Forte Agent .99d/32.182
Content-Type: text

On 15 Mar 1996 20:06:54 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage you
wrote:

>I have been reading and collecting posts of problems with Adaptec 2940xx
>controllers in combination with Matrox Millenium video cards.  Note the 
>problem appears to ONLY be with the UW card (possibly with the 'W' only card
>if that exists, are there two or three versions of this card?), but NOT the
>2940, although this is unconfirmed.
<SNIP>

I'm sorry, but I've missed a whole bunch of information here.  I have
a Millenium with 4MB WRAM, a GIGABYTE motherboard, and an Adaptec 2940
(regular scsi2).  I am having problems with them.  The scsi bus seems
to reset itself after some large copying or backing up of files on the
scsi bus.  It crashes the system and it must be turned off.  One
fellow told me that it was from the old chipset on the 2940.  There
are two small square chips on the card and it has a number on the
lowest line.  the last two numbers are the version #.  Mine are 10. He
said that any card with 16 or lower are not compatible with Triton
chipsets but any card with a version greater than 16 are fine and that
I should find a card that has that #.  I haven't found one yet but it
is a possible cause of the problems.  I guess this email is to both
ask you what problems you have had and also to help you a bit by
telling you what I know or have heard.  Hope this helps, and I hope
that you can help me here too.

Thanks,
Dan.

From: chris@slave.demon.co.uk (Chris Hodgkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW + Matrox Millenium + Tyan/Asus
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 22:33:20 GMT
Distribution: world
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Reply-To: chris@slave.demon.co.uk

In message <4iciku$5j0@aim.et.iupui.edu> - dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don Lindbergh)15
Mar 1996 20:06:54 GMT writes:

:>
:>I have been reading and collecting posts of problems with Adaptec 2940xx
:>controllers in combination with Matrox Millenium video cards.  Note the 
:>problem appears to ONLY be with the UW card (possibly with the 'W' only card
:>if that exists, are there two or three versions of this card?), but NOT the
:>2940, although this is unconfirmed.

<BIG SNIP>

You mentioned a GA486IM motherboard in your post. This is infact a
Gigabyte board not Gateway, and I can confirm problems in getting this board
plus Matrox Millennium and Adaptec 2940 to co-exist.

There are basically two problems, 
1) System lockups in general use, a typical example would be a lockup
after clicking on a drop down menu with MS Windows.

This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Adaptec, and was cured
by flashing the motherboard with a newer version of the AWARD BIOS.
I've read a couple of other posts where Millennium users were experiencing
similar problems, and in Email between myself and the Matrox tech support
on CIS, they acknowledged that there are problems with the Millennium
and Awards Modular BIOS revision 4.50g. 



2) Warm Reboot always fails.

This seems to be a BIOS problem with the 2940, certain motherboards and
the Millennium. Hopefully a new release of the Adaptec BIOS will do
the trick.


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From: kmoe@vnet.IBM.COM
Message-Id: <9603181319.AA07833@lhc.nlm.nih.gov>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 08:18:58 EST  
To: dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW and OS/2 Warp
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From: Kevin L. Moe      RCHVMW(KMOE)  T/L 553-7948                             
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                                                            IBM Confidential   
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW and OS/2 Warp                                          
                                                                               
Don,                                                                           
                                                                               
Thanks for your e-mail. I am not sure what fixed the problem                   
but things started working over the weekend. I had been                        
copying the aic7870.add file to the hard drive. The only thing                 
that I did that appears to have fixed the problem, was to change which         
slot the Adaptec SCSI card was in.                                             
                                                                               
I had also heard about turning off power management. I have had that           
off from the start. Thanks again for your e-mail.                              
                                                                               
Kevin L. Moe, Performance Technologies                                         
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Subject: Adaptec 2940UW and OS/2 Warp                                          
                                                                               
kmoe@vnet.ibm.com (Kevin Moe) writes:                                          
>Has anyone been able to get the Adaptec AHA-2940UW to                         
>with OS/2 Warp? My hardware config is:                                        
>                                                                              
>150 mhz Pentuim                                                               
>Triton chipset                                                                
>Award BIOS                                                                    
>AHA-2940UW (PCI) (On the box it says REV 2B)                                  
>Two 2gig HP SureStore drives                                                  
>Conner 4gig tape backup                                                       
>ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (PCI)                                                  
>                                                                              
>I can get Warp Connect Fullpack to do the first part of the                   
>install, but it fails to reboot when going from the text                      
>mode part of the install to the graphics part of the install.                 
>One time when it did boot up the drive letters were not                       
>correct, so the install failed. On drive 1 I have boot manager                
>and a primary partition. On drive 2 I have one primary partition.             
>                                                                              
>I copied the aic7870.add file onto disk one as described in                   
>the documentation.                                                            
>                                                                              
>What is so frustrating is that a friend of mine has the                       
>same system board, same scsi card, same video card, and                       
>one of the same harddrives, and his system works just fine.                   
>The only difference I have seen is that the box his scsi                      
>card came in lists the revision as REV 2A. His serial                         
>number is later (larger) than mine.                                           
>                                                                              
>Any suggestions?