Subj : Win2000 refuses to install
To   : William Grinolds
From : Rich Wonneberger
Date : Sun May 28 2000 05:08 am

*** Quoting William Grinolds to Gerry Danen dated 05-27-00 ***
>  GD> That may be the one to try. Are PCI slot 4 and the ISA slot 
> shared?
>  GD> If so, that could be your problem.
> 
> I doubt it - yes, PCI slot 4 does share the same bracket as one ISA 
> slot.  But obviously, both are not used at the same time.  I've never 
> heard of such a phenomenon.

William,

The Compaqs we get at work can share IRQ 11 with the NIC, video, and Adaptec 
2940 SCSI on the PCI bus.  When I tried substituting an older 1542B SCSI card 
(ISA) which also uses IRQ 11, it didnt work.  System kept locking up.  Tried 
other slots, same thing.  When I changed the IRQ to 10 on the 1542B, it worked 
fine, but only for CD, tape & such.  It would not boot the h-drive.

I suspect there's something there with sharing the IRQ on PCI slots that doesnt 
work when you mix in ISA cards.

Rich
I-Net   turtil@frontiernet.net


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