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Re: Help: OS/2 Warp does not recognize AHA2840 scsi host adapter

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From: David E. Nedrow
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 22:51
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In message <313338D2.1977@amoco.com> - Chester Mccarter <jcmccarter@amoco.com>
writes:
:>
:>S. Bhawmik wrote:
:>> 
:>> I have recently installed an adaptec AHA2840VL SCSI host adapter.
:>> However, it seems that Warp is failing to recognize the card.
:>
:>First make sure that you are loading aic7770.add in your config.sys.
:>IRQ 11 is fine if it doesn't conflict with anything else.
:>-- 

Another issue that he should watch for is that he's not trying to use this
card on a 486SLC based motherboard. It uses a 16bit VLB bus path which the
bus-mastering 2840 doesn't work with.



 -David
  I work for CompuServe, but I speak only for myself.
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From: dnedrow@csi.compuserve.com (David E. Nedrow)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.multimedia,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Help: OS/2 Warp does not recognize AHA2840 scsi host adapter
Date: 29 Feb 1996 22:51:53 GMT
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