Hi all,
I just wanted to replace my NE2000 NIC in ISA1 with a PCI NIC (to put the NE2000 in my good old 386sx, but that´s another story...).
I found that three NICs did not work (3Com 3C905, Realtek 8139A, Realtek 8139D). All NICs install fine, no probs in the device manager. Then I install RASPPPOE (the NIC in PCI5 is for DSL), create a dial up connection. Fine.
But my DSL service is not found. No (zero!) packets transmitted. Damn. I go to DOS, run the test programs (3c90xcfg.exe for the 3com, Rset8139.exe for the Realteks). The internal loopback tests fail. This seems to indicate a problem with the eeprom on the card.
But all cards are ok. Work in another computer. I think it must be the PCI5 slot. In PCI4 is an Adaptec 2940AU. IRQ sharing should not be the problem (or is it?), the system runs with ACPI. So is it the shared busmastering signal? Can I reconfigure my system to plug in another PCI NIC?
AGP: G400
PCI1: 3Com NIC
PCI2: AVM Fritz! ISDN card
PCI3: Lifetec 9415 TV card (BT878)
PCI4: Adaptec SCSI 2940AU
PCI5: empty
ISA1: NE2000
ISA2: AWE64
Any help would be really appreciated!
Wolfram
NICs not working in PCI slot 5
NICs not working in PCI slot 5
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
Nice... bp6.com is up again...
I have fixed the problem in the meantime. Googled for some information about busmastering and my PCI cards. The 3com and the TV card seem to use busmastering, but I did not find anything about the AVM Fritz ISDN card. So I took the Ne2000 out, put the Fritz from PCI 2 to PCI 5 and the Realtek NIC into PCI 2.
It works. The Adaptec 2940AU and the AVM card can coexist in PCI 4 and 5.
Wolfram
I have fixed the problem in the meantime. Googled for some information about busmastering and my PCI cards. The 3com and the TV card seem to use busmastering, but I did not find anything about the AVM Fritz ISDN card. So I took the Ne2000 out, put the Fritz from PCI 2 to PCI 5 and the Realtek NIC into PCI 2.
It works. The Adaptec 2940AU and the AVM card can coexist in PCI 4 and 5.
Wolfram
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
I don't know what happened while I was asleep, but I woke up and found BP6.Com dead. Good thing I was able to fix the problem as fast as I did, I thought it would be another one of those weeksWolfram wrote:Nice... bp6.com is up again...
I have fixed the problem in the meantime. Googled for some information about busmastering and my PCI cards. The 3com and the TV card seem to use busmastering, but I did not find anything about the AVM Fritz ISDN card. So I took the Ne2000 out, put the Fritz from PCI 2 to PCI 5 and the Realtek NIC into PCI 2.
It works. The Adaptec 2940AU and the AVM card can coexist in PCI 4 and 5.
Wolfram
Happy to hear you fixed the problem; Google is our friend.
You must have had a really bad dreamDerek wrote: I don't know what happened while I was asleep, but I woke up and found BP6.Com dead.
But nice to hear everything´s fine again
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
Just resurrecting a thread here...
If anyone is looking for a NIC that works in PCI slot 5 while another device is in slot 4, the D-Link DE-528CT works perfectly. It's a 10BaseT card, so it's slow, but fine if you only need it for broadband as I do. The DE-528CT doesn't use bus-mastering. I have an Adaptec AVA-2904 SCSI card in slot 4 and they get along fine. I can play an audio CD in my SCSI CD-ROM while running a network speed test, no problems.
If anyone is looking for a NIC that works in PCI slot 5 while another device is in slot 4, the D-Link DE-528CT works perfectly. It's a 10BaseT card, so it's slow, but fine if you only need it for broadband as I do. The DE-528CT doesn't use bus-mastering. I have an Adaptec AVA-2904 SCSI card in slot 4 and they get along fine. I can play an audio CD in my SCSI CD-ROM while running a network speed test, no problems.
BP6, RU BIOS, 2*Celeron 366@550 1.9v
2*GlobalWin FEP32, 512MB PC100 CAS2
GeForce DDR, CMI8738 audio, Accton SMC2-1211TX NIC
Ubuntu Linux, Kernel 2.6.8.1-4-686-smp
2*GlobalWin FEP32, 512MB PC100 CAS2
GeForce DDR, CMI8738 audio, Accton SMC2-1211TX NIC
Ubuntu Linux, Kernel 2.6.8.1-4-686-smp