Re: Problems with network card IRQ conflicting.
Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net> writes:
> Both PCI cards, right? And an Adaptec SCSI card I'll wager.
>
> Pull out the NIC, and boot. Shutdown, insert the NIC, and boot. The
> BIOS should assign a different IRQ to the NIC.
>
> I had this exact problem recently with a 2940 and a Netgear FA-310TX.
I have also observed that on my Tyan S1668 (Titan Pro, I think), the PCI
cards are assigned IRQs simply by mapping a certain IRQ to a certain slot.
It has 4 IRQs available for mapping, and 5 PCI slots. The pigeon-hole
principle tells us that there must be two slots sharing an IRQ ;-) It turns
out to be the first and last slot that share. So, on this board, if you
have less than 5 cards, you're wise not to use those slots simultaneously.
Later,
Dale
--
+-------------------- finger for pgp public key ---------------------+
| Dale E. Martin | Clifton Labs, Inc. | Senior Computer Engineer |
| dmartin@clifton-labs.com | http://www.clifton-labs.com |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Reply to: