> Ive been trying to iron out some bugs on a friends computer with
> Mandrake7.2... please advise.....
> here is his message to me
> "Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks.
>
> I use BootWizard Pro 4.0 - a German product. I got it from
> download.com initially. As I recall it was shareware or commercial
> trail version. I paid the fee and got the full version from
> PhysTechSoft.com. I am sending them an email to try to sort it out.
>
> My ISDN card is has a WinBond chip on it and that is recognized by
> Mandrake, but when I tried to connect last weekend via the ISDN card,
> no joy.
>
> The card itself is nearly generic. I got it in the Lakenheath BX
> concession. The box and instructions have no company name -
> analyzing the set up files indicates that the vendor name is "The
> ISDN Company". The card is rated as Win95/98/2000 version - but does
> not work with Win2000.
>
> Win2000 loads up the Ethernet card, USB and the ISDN card on IRQ 9.
> I have physically removed and replaced the ISDN card several times
> (always in slot 5 since it is the only one accessible without
> removing the power supply of the computer). The IRQ has not changed.
>
> At first I could not get the software to load. Now I can get the
> Win2K driver for the ISDN card to load, no conflict is reported, the
> driver reports loaded correctly, but the driver manager says the card
> is not using any resources. Thus I cannot change the IRQ. I have
> the Phoenix BIOS and cannot change the IRQ at that level. I am
> looking for a DOS program that will allow me to change the IRQ, but
> fear that I will have to do it every time I boot up in Win2K for the
> card has a different IRQ in WinME.
>
> Under WinME, I have loaded the Win98 driver. The ISDN card sets up
> with IRQ 11 as I recall. My ISDN connection will not hold for more
> than 3-5 minutes and I attribute that to the fact that I do not have
> a WinME driver. I have looked for a generic WinME and Win2K driver
> for ISDN cards, but cannot find them. I may be missing something.
> Definitely not like being able to use a Hayes modem driver.
>
> There is much more here than I have sorted out I am sure. At the end
> of last weekend I speculated that perhaps I need to use the control
> panel to uninstall all the cards that are occupying IRQ 9 and bring
> them back in with the ISDN card first, then the ethernet card, then
> the USB. I need all three functions. Perhaps this would force them
> to take separate IRQs. I am aware that IRQ 2 and 9 are linked. A
> smattering of network knowledge - that this exercise is intended to
> augment.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. See you Saturday."
>
> Any ideas???????????????
>
> Thanx
>
> Dave
> --
Hi, I have a winbond card too and mandrake detect its incorrectly,
its hisax type 36 but the mandrake i detects another hisax type.
I edit the file /etc/isdn/profile/card/mycard and modify this line
I4L_TYPE="36" 36 is for Winbond 6696 chips
Look if this are your problem too
BASLER
