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Date:	Thu, 16 May 2002 20:19:04 PST7
From:	"Benedict G. Archer" <bgarcher@gte.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: IRQ problem | modem

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"J. R. Fox" wrote:
>
> 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.

Sounds like my situation. I thought my MB, Tyan Thunder K7, had two
adaptec 7899 SCSIcontrollers (fast), but now I see in a block diagram in
the MB manual that there is only one adaptor with two (independent?)
SCSI busses. That might be why the single jumper enambling/disabling
applies to both. I use one for a high performance HD. The other is
unused because the required adaptors (68 pin to 50 pin and an external
connection) cost more than a PCI adaptor card (using an adpatec 7870).
But two 7899 SCSI adaptors show up in the hardware manager.

> > 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.

I'm using the original BIOS, but it's different than any other I've
seen.

> > 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
>
thanks, Ben

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