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Did you ever get everything just right, then decide to add new hardware?
So, my old config was rocking along quite stable, and then I had to add new hardware.
I was booting off of a Promise Raid setup, with a partition dedicated to video capture. I kept reading that it is recomended for vid cap to keep the boot drive separate, for optimal stability and performance. So, being an industrious fellow, I arrange a swap for some stuff I wasn't using for the scsi controller and drive listed below.
Well now, the P3B-F scans for boot bios from isa to agp, so here is what I did:
<table width="30%" border="1" height="276">
<tr>
<td>AGP</td>
<td>G400</td>
<td>INT 10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI1</td>
<td>RR-G</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI2</td>
<td>Fasttrack66</td>
<td>INT 15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI3</td>
<td>Adaptec</td>
<td>INT 11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="29">PCI4</td>
<td height="29">SBLIVE</td>
<td height="29">INT 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="22">PCI5</td>
<td height="22"> </td>
<td height="22"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI6</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ISA</td>
<td>3com modem</td>
<td>INT 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
I forced all the PCI IRQ's here, and note that the SBLIVE shares with the USB. This all seems quite stable.
Problems I've introduced:
My cheapy NIC won't work here. I put it in slot5 and the computer won't boot. Perhaps it doesn't like to share? (ACCTON CHEATAH 10/100).
My USB is now a little funny, where it wasn't before. (this is a clean install). Specifically, If I boot with my scanner plugged into the USB hub, it gives me a yellow asterisk. If I uplug the scanner, when I plug it back in, it is identified as an UNKNOWN USB DEVICE. the scanner is a microtek slimscan C6.
The floor is now open for discussion.
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Home System:
G400 DH 32MB, PD 5.52, bios 1.5-22, TGL 1.0
RR-G, VidTools 1.52
Win98SE, DX 4.07.00
PIII 550E @733, Asus P3B-F 1.03, Bios 1005
128MB Crucial PC133, CTX VL710, SBLive Value, lw 3.0
Promise Fasttrak66 Conversion, bios 1.08, Driver 1.14
2xWD136BA 7200,2MB
Adaptec AHA-2940U, bios 1.23, IBM 18ES 9.1GB Ultra SCSI
[This message has been edited by moreau (edited 01 May 2000).]
I was booting off of a Promise Raid setup, with a partition dedicated to video capture. I kept reading that it is recomended for vid cap to keep the boot drive separate, for optimal stability and performance. So, being an industrious fellow, I arrange a swap for some stuff I wasn't using for the scsi controller and drive listed below.
Well now, the P3B-F scans for boot bios from isa to agp, so here is what I did:
<table width="30%" border="1" height="276">
<tr>
<td>AGP</td>
<td>G400</td>
<td>INT 10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI1</td>
<td>RR-G</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI2</td>
<td>Fasttrack66</td>
<td>INT 15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI3</td>
<td>Adaptec</td>
<td>INT 11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="29">PCI4</td>
<td height="29">SBLIVE</td>
<td height="29">INT 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="22">PCI5</td>
<td height="22"> </td>
<td height="22"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PCI6</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ISA</td>
<td>3com modem</td>
<td>INT 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
I forced all the PCI IRQ's here, and note that the SBLIVE shares with the USB. This all seems quite stable.
Problems I've introduced:
My cheapy NIC won't work here. I put it in slot5 and the computer won't boot. Perhaps it doesn't like to share? (ACCTON CHEATAH 10/100).
My USB is now a little funny, where it wasn't before. (this is a clean install). Specifically, If I boot with my scanner plugged into the USB hub, it gives me a yellow asterisk. If I uplug the scanner, when I plug it back in, it is identified as an UNKNOWN USB DEVICE. the scanner is a microtek slimscan C6.
The floor is now open for discussion.
------------------
Home System:
G400 DH 32MB, PD 5.52, bios 1.5-22, TGL 1.0
RR-G, VidTools 1.52
Win98SE, DX 4.07.00
PIII 550E @733, Asus P3B-F 1.03, Bios 1005
128MB Crucial PC133, CTX VL710, SBLive Value, lw 3.0
Promise Fasttrak66 Conversion, bios 1.08, Driver 1.14
2xWD136BA 7200,2MB
Adaptec AHA-2940U, bios 1.23, IBM 18ES 9.1GB Ultra SCSI
[This message has been edited by moreau (edited 01 May 2000).]
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