> > > Sounds like the board is a dud to me. DMA works on my SiS5598
> >
> > I exchanged the board and replaced it -- the new board behaves in much the same
> > way.
> >
> > (BTW, I looked again, and the chipset is evidently an SiS5595. Whoops. :)
>
> If the IDE DMA locks up then if its not the ram and a board change doesnt
> fix it I think I'd be looking for an alternative vendor right now
Got a SiS5513 like Sean, on a GA586S2. Enabling IDE DMA here results in
data loss, fs corruption, hard lockups and other evilness no matter what
you do.
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