irq5 maybe used by another item like the sound card perhaps
jon
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>
> I'm not sure if this is an "expert" question, but since I'm still
> installing I'll send it to "newbie".
>
> I have an old DECpc with a DE201 (EtherWorks 2) NIC card that just
> doesn't want to be recognized. The autoprobe complains that the card
> can't be found on the system.
>
> I've run diagnostics via DOS and the card is working correctly, and I've
> figured out that the card is set to IRQ5 and 0x300. When I use "io=0x300
> irq=5" on the configuration line, it accepts the card but doesn't seem
> to find the network later on.
>
> Am I doing anything obviously wrong? Does anyone know of a hardware
> incompatibility? The card is on the Mandrake hardware list, so I'm not
> sure what to do next.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> ~chris
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