On Saturday 01 July 2017 21:54:24 Jon Elson wrote: > On 07/01/2017 07:52 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I would first look in the bios for likely suspects, but I expect you > > have, and failing that, see if there is an even newer bios for that > > board. I've solved odd-ball stuff 3 or 4 times with a bios update. > > I definitely don't want to get involved in BIOS updates on > somebody else's computer, but you may well be right! > Anyway, instead of the PCIe card, I tried a VERY old PCI > card, and it works perfectly. So, it looks like some crazy > interaction between the BIOS and the NetMos 9900 chip on the > PCIe parport card. > If your memory is better than mine Jon, you'll recall I pitched a netmos parport card with a boomerang flip, but then I'd never had a boomerang come back yet. That was the intention, and a $15 Startech fixed things right up. Must have been about the time I set up the micro-mill at least a dozen years back. Other stories this list has exposed over the years have convinced me to never ever put my fingerprints on the box when I could buy this stuff at Staples. But memories fade, and I expect thats the case here. :( > > I did try turning off some options in the BIOS, and managed > to completely turn off the PCI slots, but that was about the > only effect I was able to have. This is the first time I've > seen something this crazy. I can't imagine what function > would be pinging the parport every 33 ms, unless it just > didn't configure properly at all. > I didn't see anything in the logs that I can recall now, might have been a try something else for S & G, and it worked. I tend to have a better memory for that sort of thing. You mention netmos and those memories suddenly connect again.
Glad you got it fixed Jon, and now of course you are THE magician to that machines owner. :) I rather enjoy those sorts of feelings myself. :) > Jon Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
