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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:17:38 PDT
From: Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: Tekram

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Mark Abramowitz wrote:
>
> One thing - are you SURE that you can't
> change the IRQ of the D-LINK card.

I opened the D-Link driver in a text editor (EPM) and looked for any
indication of a command line setting for the IRQ.

Nothing.

Then I grabbed the manual and started reading cover-to-cover.

In the "Install the Adapter" section, where it says to turn off the
computer power, slide the card into a PCI slot and then install the
screw to hold it in place, it _also_ says:

"Due to a fault in some Plug-n-Play BIOS programs, sometimes a newly
installed adapter is assigned an Interrupt Number which is already
assigned to another device. In such a case, the conflict of Interrupt
Number will cause faults in the behavior of both devices."

This is _exactly_ what I'm experiencing. (I _did_ read the manual when
I first opened the box. But I skipped the page on how to insert the
card into the motherboard, which is where this paragraph is located.)

The manual advises:

"It will then be necessary to run the CMOS Setup utility, and
manually assign a non-conflicting Interrupt Number."

Trouble is, this particular Award BIOS (Nov97) doesn't let me assign
specific interrupts to PCI slots.

I'll finish trying all the different card/slot permutations and driver
load sequences to see if _something_ works. I'll try loading the D-Link
driver _first_ rather than last (as is currently the case). Also, maybe
one of the other PCI card drivers will let me assign its IRQ so the
D-Link won't end up on top of it.

Sigh.

- Peter

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