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RE: Extra serial ports


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: Extra serial ports
  • From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:45:38 +0100
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>I take it you have already checked TBO (The ****ding Obvious!)

TBO???

>- Disable the parallel port if your not using it (free's IRQ 7)

Already done that.

>- Disable any unused ATA controller channels (may free IRQ 13 or 14)

If I'm not using the second IDE channel can I disable this then??

>- Enable IRQ steering if your PCI cards support it to allow all
>PCI cards to
>share 1 single IRQ (which I think is usually IRQ 11??)

It's an ISA card :-(

>- Do you REALLY need a soundcard in a server?

I had to take out the sound card to get the one serial port to work!

>- Are there any ISA cards you could upgrade to PCI ones? this
>may free up an
>IRQ if the new PCI card can share as mentioned above...
>
>Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here!

Thanks

M.


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