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SubjectRe: 2.0.35 && PCI NE2000
In article <19980911123411.J4030@suse.de> you write:
>I had similar problems when trying to install several PCI cards in old
>machines. I suspect problems with the PCI BIOS. In one machine we
>succeeded in installing multiple SCSI adapters (a NCR53c875 and a NCR
>53C810) after fiddling around with the BIOS settings and moving the cards
>from one slot to another, in another machine we finally gave up.

Today I solved the problem. The machine simply didn't like the IRQ 12
assigned to the PCI slot. I suspect IRQ 12 is reserved for PS/2 mouse
and there is no way in the BIOS setup to see or change this.

Anyway, we replaced the NE2000 by another 3com card. So we have now
a 3c590 and a 3c900 working fine, and the machine is already in use
as a router in our office :-)

>Just for testing purposes: If you remove the 3com card, can you get the
>new one to run?

I didn't try the NE2000 anymore but I suppose it would have worked with
a different interrupt.

Thanks,
hjb
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