Comment 30 for bug 916677
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| stodjkat (stodjkat) wrote Re: unstable boot on Asrock 990FX Extreme4 motherboard probably related to the onboard Marvel SE9120 SATA controller | #30 |
This issue affects my ASRock 990FX Extreme4 motherboard too, with current latest release bios v2.00.
Windows is fine, using the Win7 SP1 64bit install CD.
But Linux is problematic to say the least.
I have tried:
Kubuntu 12.04.1 amd64 DVD and Alternate
Xubuntu 12.10 amd64 Desktop
LinuxMint 14.1 Cinnamon DVD 64bit
and even:
System Rescue CD x86 3.3.0 <- gentoo based - does this mean it's an issue in common with other distros?
...all with very limited success. For me I get about 1 successful boot out of every 10 attempts.
I just managed to get kubuntu installed, and it does seem to work OK if it boots up, but I haven't tested it for a long.
I suggest the name of this thread is misleading, since I seem to have the same boot problems whether I disable the Marvell chip in the UEFI BIOS or not.
However I can confirm that turning off the Onboard IDE & 1394 controller has changed the boot up freezes for the better - since I made the change it has booted straight up into kubuntu 4 times in a row now...
Unfortunately that is not an adequate workaround for me since I have a PATA DVD drive, and a PATA HDD for backups, and all the SATA ports are filled with SATA HDDs. For me, to not use the Onboard IDE would remove the whole reason for buying this mobo!
It would be nice to know if/when the Linux drivers for the IDE chipset on this mobo are fixed - it would seem odd for this to be the only mobo that used the hardware with the offending drivers...
Anyway, thanks for posting your workaround - at least I know it's not just me going mad now....