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Date:	Thu, 16 May 2002 11:53:05 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: IRQ problem | modem

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Ben wrote:

> but I feel defeated. My plan now is to get an external modem.

Even where there is some ultimate (but elusive) solution, one can reach a
point of fatigue and diminishing returns before ever finding it. I think
this is your quick fix.

> I'll also get rid of the PCI SCSI adpator card by getting SCSI cable

> converters (internal to external and 68 pin to 50 pin) so I can use the

> second onboard SCSI adaptor for the CDrom, CD writer, tape drive

> and scanner (the first onboard SCSI adaptor is dedicated to the HD).

I'm unclear as to how your SCSI HAs are deployed now. I also have two
SCSI cards, a faster interface devoted exclusively to the hard drives, a
slower SCSI card devoted to the same roster of devices you listed.

> The MB has jumpers to disable the onboard SCSIs,
> but it's either both or none, and same for the two onboard NICS. Steven
> had suggested disabling one of the onboard SCSI adaptors and the second
> NIC, but the jumper choices for both the SCSI adaptors and NICS are two
> or none. I should end up with the simplest possible system. The only
> card will be Creative Live! The video, which works fine, is integrated
> on the MB.

This is why I always liked to go strictly a la carte: no onboard anything that
might complicate matters or furnish possible conflicts. Also, one thing that
really struck me during my recent system rebuild, was how much one BIOS
can differ from another, even from the same mfr., for a very similar mother-
board of similar vintage. A lot of options can change or disappear.

> will any external modem work, serial or USB, or are there special
> capabilities I should look for. It will only be used for InCharge and
> faxes.

I'd stay away from USB, if only based on the Keep It Simple principle.
I used to use it all the time, now infrequently as a backup to the DSL, but
I think very highly of my USR Courier V. Everything external. Never one
of the cheaper 56K externals, but surely one of the best. I doubt you'd go
wrong with Zoom Telephonics either. I saw a big stack of them at Frys
recently, at a modest price, but did not take note of whether it was an
internal or external model, or the interface type.

Jordan

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