Re: VIA chipset hangs???

Andy Barlak (bernieb@vogon.capescott.net)
Sun, 29 Aug 1999 18:59:23 -0700 (PDT)

Heinz Diehl wrote:
>Have you tried to disable the "CPU to PCI write buffer" option in
>the BIOS ? On many systems this has been the point of failure.

Disabling "CPU to PCI write buffer" in my VA-503+ FIC Via motherboard
stopped all the ethernetwork hangs I have been experiencing:
ftp hangs, netperf hangs, ping -f hangs, and random hangs with
light traffic.

Thanks for the indirect help.
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