In article <005101c18ee1$9b5d66e0$fa01a8c0@ABERRATION>, Predius
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>There are a couple known issues going on with the VIA Chipset line (Some
>acknowledge by VIA partially, some not.) beyond just the 686B bug.
>
>Here's a couple sites with details.  Myself, I think it's a BIOS writer's
>problem as well, but unfortunatly with most VIA boards, their goal is
>performance over stability, leaving people like us SOL.
>
>http://www.networking.tzo.com/net/software/
>http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/813/1.html <- In german, bring your fish

This story, about all VIA chipsets having poor throughput with
Ultra-ATA/133 controllers and other fast PCI adapters is available in
English:

http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/817/index.html
  The links are largely German.
  Follow the "[Weiter >>]" links to page through the story,
  or download the PDF version.


Cheers,
      Tony  (with a VIA 686A on my system board)


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