From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 7 10:04:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28470 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:04:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28425 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:04:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (IDENT:iN3Oqb9BvChGl9Cmp3vR5d37Vobi4HBI@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA29296; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 19:03:06 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199809071703.TAA29296@gratis.grondar.za> To: Wm Brian McCane cc: Bruce Evans , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem Lockups In-Reply-To: Your message of " Mon, 07 Sep 1998 10:52:09 EST." References: Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 19:03:02 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message