From: Melameth, Daniel D. (dmelamethmba-cpa.com)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2006 - 21:20:28 CST

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STeve Andre' wrote:
> On Monday 06 November 2006 22:10, Melameth, Daniel D. wrote:
> > I'm having the same issue with 4.0 -stable--well, a bastardized copy
> > of -stable that also contains ral, cardbus and related changes from
> > -current. I've used more than one fxp card as well as more than one
> > ral card and the issue stays the same--fxp0: warnings and timeouts
> > and, eventually under load or after a few days, the box locks up
> > with no apparent panic and ddb.console=1 provides no help. If I
> > recall correctly, the issue also exists if I replace fxp with xl.
> > It would appear so long as there are two Cardbus cards in this box,
> > this issue occurs--as fxp plus wi is rock solid.
> >
> > How do I troubleshoot this further?
> [snip]
>
> Ugh. This brings back some memories. I'm pretty sure it was a sat
> pro that I had some cardbus problems with some time ago. I believe I
> did a bios update, which changed things; better but not perfect. So
> try that, and look in the bios settings for anything that can tweak
> the cardbus slots. Given my experiences with this, I'm thinking
> there is a good chance that your problem lies in the laptop itself.
> Good luck.

Yea, I figured as much/was afraid of that. Thanks for sharing.

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