[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] Token Ring Problems

et10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edmund E. Tsai) (10/11/90)

I just got a 8-bit Token Ring card for my 386SX.
My SX has an Intel chipset with AMI bios.

The problem is:

I run the diagnostic program that comes with the token ring and
it recognizes the Adapter.
It fails the diagnostic test with the error message:
ERROR--PRIMARY IBM TOKEN-RING NETWORK PC ADAPTER 166E0

This translates to : "Adapter test failure"
Also it displays the adapter address and interrupt and also the
ROM bios address but the code level says:
 0000 0000 ?????
Or something like that.

When I go and plug into my Compaq Portable I, it gives me a different
error.
The error message is :
ERROR--BLAH BLAH BLAH 166D0
This message is translated in the hardware reference manual as
Open phase test failure.
But the code level is correctly displayed.

If you have any clue as to what's wrong send me e-mail or post on this
bboard.

Thanks

Ed.