Subj : Win2000 refuses to install
To   : Rich Wonneberger
From : William Grinolds
Date : Sun May 28 2000 11:20 am

Rich Wonneberger wrote in a message to William Grinolds:

> 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.

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

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

Possibly.

Update - I found that PCI Slots 1 and 2 work fine.  But anything in Slot 3 
causes it to not produce a graphics screen - instead, the screen goes black, 
and the hard drive stops banging away and seems to do something, but very 
minimal (light blinks a few times).  The only thing I can do in that case is 
press the reset button.  And anything in Slot 4 will cause the machine to lock 
up whenever it attempts to use that device.

<scratching head> I have the latest BIOS for it (dated 01/03/2000), so there's 
nothing I can do there.  And everything works perfectly in Win98.

Bill
Internet: wgrinolds@mail.com 
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