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Date:      Mon, 07 Sep 1998 19:03:02 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Wm Brian McCane <root@bmccane.maxbaud.net>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Modem Lockups 
Message-ID:  <199809071703.TAA29296@gratis.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Mon, 07 Sep 1998 10:52:09 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980907105011.717B-100000@bmccane.maxbaud.net> 
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980907105011.717B-100000@bmccane.maxbaud.net> 

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Wm Brian McCane wrote:
> > Are you sure irq7 is really disabled?  lpt0 normally uses it.  Swap hardwar
e
> > to eliminate possibility of bugs in the second modem.
> > 
> > Bruce
> > 
> Yes, I am sure.  This computer is so old that it doesn't lpt0 on the
> motherboard.  I have a IDE card installed, not a Multi-IO card.  There are
> no com ports or printer ports in this machine (unless you count the
> modems).  I do have an old SB-16 installed, but not being used/recognized.
> It is there to provide the 2ndary IDE bus for my CD-ROM.

Call me crazy, but check that the sound card is not on IRQ 7. I know
it is uninitialised, but old hardware is funny...

If necessary, put a piece of sticky tape over IRQ7 on the card to make
sure.

M
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