It's been my experience that the ONLY way to ensure that the autoinstall
software of one of SMC's network boards works properly is to put it in a
system which does not have PLUG_N_PLAY capability and then ensure it's the
only card other than the controller and video board. That will tell you
right away whether it's jumpered/set-up the way you thought, and it will
allow you to fix it provided you're not trying to program a conflict of
either address space or interrupt.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: OT request: need SIIG and SMC network drivers
>On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Francois wrote:
>
>> I sometimes found cards that did not work and were impossible to
configure
>> though EZSTART or whatever the utility is, it would tell me that there
was
>> no NIC in the computer. In that case I always had to toss the card and
try a
>> new one.
>
>Darn, I was hopeing you were going to pass on some wisdom as to how to get
>the card working again. I'm getting the same symptoms, so I guess its
>time to toss the card and try a new one.
>
>Thanks for the help, All.
>
>Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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Received on Sat Jun 12 1999 - 14:01:30 BST