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pim@chagall.cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes:

> I have replaced my ALI 486 motherboard and BusLogic 445C SCSI HA (VL-bus)
> with an Asus TP4XE motherboard (Pentium 120) and a BusLogic 946C (PCI).
>
> The 946C will not work. If set for autoconfiguration (JP 4&5 open), the
> board will just be ignored. If set for manual configuration, the PC will
> hang after displaying the BusLogic banner from its BIOS.
>
> [ snip ]
>
> The 946C works just fine in an Intel Premiere II (Pentium 60), although
> not in auto-configuration mode (gives configuration error).
>
> The 946C was set for i/o 330, IRQ 11 (Just like the AHA-1542), INT A,
> "level" interrupt. The BIOS revision is 4.86, the firmware revision is
> 4.22, the hardware revision is Ae1.

This is a Rev Ae1 BusLogic card, produced before Plug & Play, and will not
work properly in a PNP motherboard.  That's why it works fine in the P60 -
it was also non-PNP.  If you were to have a Rev E 946C, it should work just
fine in the ASUS motherboard.

If you just bought the 946C, it should still be under warranty and you
should return it to your vendor for a Rev E replacement.  If it's been
around for a while, you may as well put it back to use in the P60
motherboard or equivalent non-PNP system, because nothing you can do to
that card will make it work in the ASUS motherboard.

Rhia