| Title: | DECstation PC Conference |
| Notice: | register note 2, see notes 3 & 4 |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN IND |
| Created: | Tue Jan 10 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 7470 |
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Hello! I have a customer with ten Venturis FX 5133 and he wants to install a board 3Com XL Combo PCI in everyone,but he has seen that if he puts the board in the lower PCI slot (slot 2 i think) the system knows the board with diagnostics diskettes (MS-DOS based) but WIN95 (preinstalled) doesn`t see it. If the 3Com board is connected to the other PCI slot (upper PCI slot) WIN95 see the board and works fine. I have connected a DE435 to both PCI slots and WIN95 sees it ok in both. This happens in all the Venturis and with more than one 3Com boards and these boards works fine in other PCs (noDEC). Wath is the difference between PCI slot 1 and 2 ? Is there any known incompatibility between 3Com XL Combo PCI board and upper PCI slot on Venturis FX ?? Phoenix Bios 4.05 Digital Venturis V1.09 3Com IRQ11 I/O=EC40,EC7F DE435 IRQ10(IRQ11 IN THE OTHER SLOT) MEM=FEDFFC00-FEDFFC7F (3Com board doesn`t show this) I/O=0880-E8FF In SETUP: PCI Slot 1 Default Latency Timer Yes Latency Timer 0040 The same for PCI Slot 2. Plug & Play O/S Yes Reset Configuration data No Large Disk Access Mode DOS Thanks in advance Luis ([email protected])
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| 7446.1 | Might be a driver issue | PCBUOA::GKELLEY | Tue May 20 1997 11:53 | 25 | |
There should be no differences between the slots. We have seen a
similar problem that turned out to be a bad driver for the 3COM. Have
you actually done the install yourself (under Win95)? What is the model
number of the card?
Try installing the 3com in Windows95 (should be using the drivers
supplied on the 3COM installation diskettes).
If this doesn't work, open a IPMT so that engineering support can look
at the problme. If you do open a call, you'll have to supply all the
required information:
PC model number
MLB part number and rev (should be 54-245xx-xx rev xxx)
BIOS rev (latest is 1.09)
Model and name of the 3COM (including all driver information including
the version of the drivers, etc.)
Any other cards installed or other software other than the FIS'ed OS.
regards,
glen kelley
pcbu desktop support
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| 7446.2 | More information | PCBUOA::GKELLEY | Fri May 23 1997 14:20 | 10 | |
More information:
We found that if you install the 3Com drivers while the card is in the
system, the PCI configuration somehow locks that slots in the driver
(or something). When you move the card to a different slot the
software/hardware does not reset. To make it run in a different slot,
un-install the drivers, move the card, then re-install the drivers.
regards,
glen kelley
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