* Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Hi, > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Steffen Evers wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 15:40, Sebastiaan wrote: > > > several days ago I posted this message to the list, and it was said that > > > it is most probably a kernel bug. > > > > > > Well, I installed windoze on that computer (win98) and used the 3com's > > > driver, but I have the same problem: when transferring huge amounts of > > > data (several hunderds of MB's from a local network, so the card has to > > > work full speed), the card bugs out. Well, with one difference: windoze > > > hangs too, in some cases. > > > > > > So I think my card is buggy. Is there anything known about this problem > > > (perhaps)? > > I have read a few days ago that there are fake 3Com cards of that type > > around. 3Com adviced their customers to contact their local dealer or > > 3com directly if they encounter any problems. > > > > Maybe that is the problem ... > > > Hmmm, I bought it at my university shop a year ago. AFAIK they buy it from > a company that buys directly from the import. But I will go back with the > card, there's a life long guarantee on those cards (that's what I read).
The other possibility is that it's sharing an interrupt with some other card, and mobo can't handle it. Check /proc/interrupts and try swapping cards and marking interrupts as "used by ISA" in BIOS. Dima -- One distinguishing characteristic of BOFHen is attention deficit disorder. Put me in front of something boring and I can find a near-infinite number of really creative ways to bugger off. -- ADB
