On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 09:05:27AM -0900, Greg C. Madden wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:14, Jason M. Harvey wrote: > > hello, > > > > i have an isa 3com etherlink III. i had another one before, on the same > > PC... as long as i specifed irq7 in modconf it worked fine. this one > > will not work. i ran the 3c5x9utils package, and it told me it was on > > irq5. so, i changed everything i told it to use irq7 to irq5, and it > > still fails. oh, by fails, i mean i do not get a link light when i plug > > it into other know-working ethernet devices. so, i used 3c5x9utils to > > tell it to use irq7 instead, but it still doesn't get a link light. > > nothing else is on irq7 (/proc/interupts) or even 5 for that matter. > > this 3com will not work on irq5 or irq7. > > > > when i ran 3c5x9setup, i got: > > > > Interrupt sources are pending. > > Adapter Failure indication. > > 3c5x9 found at 0x300. > > Indication enable is 00fe, interrupt enable is 009c. > > The 3c5x9utils package (afaik) will only report the resources being > used. Chances are good though if it doesn't report the irq, the card > will not work or be worth the trouble. The 3c5x9cfg.exe utility can be > found on google and it will set the resources and test the card eeprom. > It is a must have utility if you use lots of 3c509 cards (or even one).
3COM is the best when it comes to drivers :) Go to: ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/ and you see all the stuff you need. Or go to ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/ for other nice 3COM nic stuff. - Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]