RE: Problems with Network Adapters

[Jeff Dahlin <JDahlin@appiangraphics.com>]

Terje,
What are the symptoms when it "dies"?  

I have seen two boards using the same interrupt (one a graphics board
and the other a network board) and when the system booted there was a
message from the network card's software about a problem with the
interrupts.  We speculated that the network card's interrupt service
routine wasn't written properly and when it saw the interrupt from the
graphics card it was confused and crashed.  When we moved the graphics
card to a different slot so that it used a different interrupt the
problem went away.

I don't know if this fits what you are seeing.  It is just something
that I have come across.

Thanks,
Jeff Dahlin
Appian Graphics
18047 NE 68th St., Suite B-100
Redmond, WA  98052
(425) 882-2020
 FAX 882-8618




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> From: 	Terje Melsom, VMETRO[SMTP:terje@vmetro.no]
> Reply To: 	terje@vmetro.no
> Sent: 	Monday, March 02, 1998 10:56 AM
> To: 	Mailing List Recipients
> Subject: 	Problems with Network Adapters
> 
> We have observed a problem when plugging  PCI boards into PCs with ISA
> network adapters. With several PCI boards (several vendors with
> different PCI silicon) the ISA network card dies. Does someone have an
> explaination for this ?
> 
> --
> Terje Melsom
> VMETRO ASA
> Brynsveien 5
> N-0667 Oslo, Norway
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> Email: terje@vmetro.no
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