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Henrik Clausen wrote:
> 
> On 10 Dec 1996 21:11:03 -0700, Mike Hales <mhales@primenet.com> wrote:

<snip>
> 
> >I can't seem to resolve the IRQ conflicts I'm getting between the Olicom
> >PCI Token-ring  card, the Creative AWE SB32 sound card, and the Adaptec
> >1522b SCSI card.
> 
>    This is your problem (has little to do with scanners). I can't help
> you out on this one,
> 

<and then...>

> 
>    It's there. Called SCSI, works fine. If your hardware creates
> conflicts, software can't resolve it. Might be a motherboard problem,
> but is certainly centered around resolving those IRQ settings on the
> PCI bus.
> 
<snip>
> 
>    Have you tried pulling out the Olicom (which I BTW have bad
> experiences with), and the sound card? Just to see the Adaptec work on
> its own.

I pulled the Olicom. Got IRQ 9 after that, wich was progress, but still
couldn't get the drivers right. (I see sparrow running in diags, but
aspi?? is disabled and when I try to run the EzScsi software or HP
stuff, I get an error saying "aspi not loaded" or something like
"scanner not found..."

> 
> >Microsoft, Adaptec, and HP have all washed their hands of providing any
> >support for this hardware. Who's looking out for the consumer in this
> >marketplace?
> 
<snip>

>    Bottom line:
> 
>    Try pulling out some of the other stuff to gain experience.
> 
>    I know for sure the Adaptec (1542 ISA, though) / HP4P combo works,
> but conflicts _are_ tricky.
> 
>                                         -Henrik

Thanks for your insight, Henrik. Today I partitioned the drive,
installed Win95 on one and put the original Symbios card back in. (I
ordered the Adaptec PCI (2940) card from my vendor.) I got this to work
right the first try!

Bottom line:

I will pull _all_ the cards out and try again, (later) installing the
adaptec card first. The goal now is to gain experience and learn from
this what I can. But first, I have to put my machine back together so I
can get some real work done in-between.

Thanks for all your help, and Happy Holidays!

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