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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 12:28:21 PDT
From: Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: Tekram

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> ... you need a duck-duster.

Last time I tried _that_ I had to bandage three of my fingers.

> It's there:
>
> INTERRUPT
> ...
>
> However, as I mentioned many messages ago, it's most likely
> useless on a PCI card. It you want to try anyway, add:
>
> INTERRUPT=11
>
> or something similar to PROTOCOL.INI and
> see it the driver complains on reboot.

Okay. :)

> >In the "Install the Adapter" section, ... it _also_ says:
>
> This is standard for PCI.

Making an "IRQ assignment mistake" is _standard_ for PCI?!?

> >... this particular Award BIOS (Nov97) doesn't
> >let me assign specific interrupts to PCI slots.
>
> Usually, you tell the PCI BIOS which IRQ's not to use.

Yes, I can do that. But with fewer IRQ's available it's even _more_
likely that an IRQ will be "shared".

> I forget. Have you tried to find a BIOS upgrade for this MB?

Nope. Last time I priced BIOS upgrades they were pushing $100.

> Maybe it's time to consider a new motherboard.
> What are the spec's on the one you have?

Who needs specs when you've got hardware? :)))

- Peter

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