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Started by Lars Scheffmann
Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00
3Com PCI adapter and Pentium
Author: Lars Scheffmann
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00
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We have problems with 3Com's PCI Adapters, 3C590C, when installed in Pentium machines, IBM PC350 P90 and AST P90. We install, Plug 'n play, run tests with no problem, but after some time during load of big applications from a Novell server the PC's hangs, and we can only reboot. Because the situation don't occur exact the same way every time, I suspect some "overrun" in memory. We have tried to configure the adapter with 3C59XCFG.EXE, version 1.1c and 1.1i, from EtherDisk, version 4.2 and 5.0, but both failed with: :================== : Configuration and Diagnostic Program Version 1.1c : Copyright (C) 1991-1994, 3Com Corporation. All Rights Reserved. : : !!! ERROR !!! You have installed a version of EMM386.EXE prior to v4.49 : which may have problem with your PCI BIOS. : The program cannot be executed with this EMM386.EXE installed. : :================== : : Configuration and Diagnostic Program Version 1.1i : Copyright (C) 1991-1994, 3Com Corporation. All Rights Reserved. : : !!! ERROR !!! You have installed a version of EMM386.EXE prior to v4.49 : which may have problem with your PCI BIOS. : The program cannot be executed with this EMM386.EXE installed. : :================== We have the same error if we change EMM386.EXE to vers 4.49 or run the program on Win95 with EMM386.EXE vers 4.95! OK, so we tried to update the EMM386.EXE vers 4.48 with the "MSUPDATE.EXE" on the disk but have the result: :================== : : C:\WINDOWS>a:\msupdate emm386.exe a:\ : Microsoft (R) File Update Utility version 1.00 : Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1994-1995. All rights reserved. : : Error: : : MSUpdate could not find a patch file that matches : the file to be updated. : : C:\WINDOWS> : :============== As you can see, we have the patch file on the disk, but not the right one! Can somebody help me to find out where the problems are with 1: the PCI - Pentium hang 2: How to run 3C59XCFG on a Pentium machine Have a nice week-end Lars .............................................................................. . Lars Scheffmann | DOU | Mail: scheffmann@dou.dk . . Netadministrator | Niels Bohrs Alle 11 | Phone: +45 66130827 ext.247 . . Postmaster | 5230 Odense M | Direct: +45 65914700 + 247 . . University of Odense | Denmark | Fax: +45 66123366 . ..............................................................................
Re: 3Com PCI adapter and Pentium
Author: Alan Strassberg
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 00:00
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In article <Pine.PCW.3.91.951020125742.21422A-100000@lars.dou.dk>, Lars Scheffmann <scheffmann@dou.dk> wrote: >We have problems with 3Com's PCI Adapters, 3C590C, when installed in >Pentium machines, IBM PC350 P90 and AST P90. > >We install, Plug 'n play, run tests with no problem, but after some time >during load of big applications from a Novell server the PC's hangs, and >we can only reboot. Same problem here running Netware 3.11, latest drivers, etc. There a small note to set the PCI Latency to 40 (my ASUS BIOS defaulted to 80) and so far so good but my tests haven't been exhaustive. Still, no hangs. Anybody have a clue what PCI latency is ? And what the units are ? For your config problem, get the latest drivers from ftp.3com.com. alan -- ------------- Alan Strassberg alan@lmsc.lockheed.com (408) 425-6139 Lockheed Martin - Santa Cruz, California
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