Getting my system back up and running was a bit of a nightymare switching
cards around but finally came together with my viper 550 in the agp slot and
my adaptec 2940 in the 3rd (middle) pci slot. couldnt really figure which
was 1 and which was 5. think this could be better explained in the docs
because you can assign irqs to pci slots. i put an ixmicro vidcap/tv card in
the slot next to the agp, then a nic, then the 2940, then a diamond mx300. i
left the last one empty because i figured that was 5 and shared with the
mx300. i have another nic in the last isa slot so i can still use one more.
i also have an ls-120 and an atapi dvd on the primary ide and everything
works ok. i actually forget if i have usb enabled because i dont use it with
nt its useless. the best way to do it is start with the video.......add a
second card...try that.add a third.........try that..its frustrating but at
least if u follow me u can backtrack and try another slot when u hit the
wall.
good luck!!
gary
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Sent: February 7, 2000 4:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [LINUX-ABIT] PCI Cards
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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