On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 11:30:17PM +0100, Juergen Pfann wrote:
> Hello !
>
> Garry Pitman wrote:
> >
> > Is there a known problem with running more then 2 pci cards in a BP6? Whenever I
>put
> > the 3rd card in, the will not boot. I get a series of beeps and then just sits
>there. It
> > does not matter which 3 cards I have installed, the only one that stays is the
>video. I
> > have even tried different slots and in different order.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> > Garry Pitman
>
> No, there's _not_ a general problem with more than 2 PCI cards,
> the proof for this
> might be for instance my setup with 4 PCI and 2 ISA/PNP cards ;-).
> BUT : there _are_ some "rules" limiting the choice/order of PCI
> cards :
> 1. PCI slot 3 shares the IRQ with the onboard HPT 366. So you
> virtually _must_
> put a card there that doesn't essentially need an IRQ (as is
> the case with my
> Matrox Mystique 220 - I notice no performance decrease without
> IRQ). That may work
> if you don't use the HPT 366 (you cannot release the IRQ
> resource IMHO), but
> don't forget to rearrange slots if you do attach a device to
> HPT 366.
> 2. PCI slot 1 shares IRQ with AGP - so, with an AGP video card,
> you had better
> not use slot 1, I guess.
> 3. PCI slots 4 & 5 share IRQs with each other (and with USB IIRC),
> and you shouldn't use
> PCI busmaster cards in _both_ - again, no problem in my box, as
> I use the ISA part of
> "combi" slot 5.
> So I don't know the cause of your beeps, as your information about
> that could be a bit
> more precise, but perhaps you check your setup against these rules
> - and/or try some
> options in BIOS "chipset setup", e. g. "Assign IRQ to USB - No",
> if you -like me -
> regard USB as something (at least right now) needless, useless and
> worthless ;-).
>
I have tried various setups with my pci cards. I have a video, a Realtek nic, and a
scsi controller that worked in my computer before the upgrade. But whenever I put the
same three cards in together now the system will not boot. I was mistaken about the
beeps, when I put the third card and try to boot the system I receive no beeps. The
system does send a signal to the monitor but nothing else happens.
I have tried to put the cards in different order to help resolve any conflicts. It
does not matter what three cards I use, the only that does not change is the video
though. Unless the cards are conflicting with the video card now.
I am a loss about this.
Thanks for any help,
Garry Pitman
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