From: adam quantrill (adam_quantrill_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 13:30:35 EST
--- Julian Thomas <jt_at_jt-mj.net> wrote:
> In
>
<20011205103703.14612.qmail_at_web14604.mail.yahoo.com>,
> on 12/05/01
> at 02:37 AM, adam quantrill
> <adam_quantrill_at_yahoo.com> typed:
>
> >Thanks - I tried fixing it to IRQ11 and port 300
> >last night, and did a reinstall, to no avail. I've
> >also
> >tried the latest drivers from the 3com web site. I
> >might try the 5.3 drivers with fixed IRQ/port.
> >Any IRQ and port settings that are known to work,
> >please let me know. Also do you fix the interface
> >type or allow it to auto-detect?
>
> Autodetect was on. I had no problems with that.
>
> I'm using IO range 1050-105f and irq10.
>
> >Incidentally the 3com dos utility is very picky and
> >won't run of it gets a sniff of W95, I had to boot
> >from
> >a native DOS floppy I had hanging around.
>
> I tried that but don't have a dos disk with card
> services, and the
> 3c589cfg program doesn't behave well.
>
> What speed is your cpu? There were problems with
> the 3com drivers if the
> cpu is faster than 500mhz (mine is 500, so I'm under
> the wire); not sure
> if the latest level fixes this or not.
>
I think the problem is probably with card services not
detecting the card properly and not loading the
appropriate driver. I've just installed the same card
on my Toshiba Libretto no problems and the main
difference was that the windoze picked up on the new
hardware as soon as it was inserted.
Incidentally I managed to get a 3c509 in my dock1
working after about the 10th attempt, but only with
the legacy drivers, not the PnP ones.
Perhaps I need to make sure that the IBM card services
drivers are up-to-date. I'm sure the BIOS is the
latest
version.
Oh well, back to playing.... Thanks for your help so
far!
- Adam
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