dukelow@cod.NOSC.MIL (Robert A. Dukelow) (10/06/88)
A friend is trying to install an Intel Aboveboard 286 in a system that also has a Novel Arcnet card. When he trys to install the Aboveboard with the Arcnet installed (not the software, just the hardware) the Aboveboard can't find any useable memory area. Seems to work fine with the Arcnet card removed. He also has some sort of tape backup system installed - but that doesn't seem to affect the problem. He tried calling Intel and the local company that he bought the Novel system from - neither seemed to be able to help or willing to try to find out. I don't know a model number on the Arcnet card - but the Novel software he is using is ELS netware 286 level 1 if that means anything to anybody. That's all I know right now, but if someone thinks they can help I can get more details. Any help would be appreciated. Bob Dukelow dukelow@nosc.mil
brown@hpccc.HP.COM (Jeffrey L. Brown) (10/06/88)
>/ hpccc:comp.sys.ibm.pc / dukelow@cod.NOSC.MIL (Robert A. Dukelow) / 1:43 pm Oct 5, 1988 / > >A friend is trying to install an Intel Aboveboard 286 in a system >that also has a Novel Arcnet card. When he trys to install the >Aboveboard with the Arcnet installed (not the software, just the >hardware) the Aboveboard can't find any useable memory area. Seems >to work fine with the Arcnet card removed. He also has some sort >of tape backup system installed - but that doesn't seem to affect >the problem. He tried calling Intel and the local company that he >bought the Novel system from - neither seemed to be able to help >or willing to try to find out. I don't know a model number on the >Arcnet card - but the Novel software he is using is ELS netware >286 level 1 if that means anything to anybody. > >That's all I know right now, but if someone thinks they can help >I can get more details. Any help would be appreciated. > > Bob Dukelow > dukelow@nosc.mil Have you checked all the interrupt and port switch settings on the two cards? The settings may overlap, which will cause things to not work. If you do find that both cards are trying to use the same lines, you have to change the switches. Don't do what I did: check the settings of all the other cards, etc. before picking a new line. It saves a little sanity :-) Jeff Brown brown%hpccc@hplabs.hp.com ...hplabs!hpccc!brown <<< insert standard disclaimer >>>