Shawn M. Jones wrote: > Shawn M. Jones wrote: > >> Feizhou wrote: >> >>> Shawn M. Jones wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>> All I can do is reiterate my experience with a 3ware 9500 and a >>>> motherboard with a VIA chipset. The two don't play well together. >>>> I switched to a Supermicro with an entirely Intel chipset (earlier >>>> rendition of the one it looks like you're looking at), and have had >>>> no downtime since. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Shawn, >>> >>> Can you please tell us which VIA chipset? I know some from the Apollo >>> line were horrendous since they had PCI latency issues. >> >> >> >> The southbridge chipset on the motherboard is VT8233A. I believe the >> northbridge is the KT266A chipset, but can't tell because it's covered >> by a heatsink and fan. The motherboard is an A-Bit KR7A-133 (no RAID). > > > Far be it to correct my own post, but the northbridge is the VT8366A > chipset. which is part of the KT266A :) http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/legacy/kt266a/ lists a '552-pin BGA VT8366A North Bridge'