[slinkelist] slinke and Lava DSerial PCI

[Nathan Sharp]

A bit off topic, but here we go anyhow:

My experience with this type of things leads me to believe that you have what is
termed "IRQ Hell".  Your DSerial card is using the same IRQ (or base address,
but most likely IRQ) as something else in your computer.  Everything is fine
until you try to use the serial ports, at which time the IRQs of the two things
conflict and what happens is anyone's guess (usually exactly what you see,
serious lockup. I had a computer once that wouldn't even start up the BIOS
memory check).

Here's a test to see how computer geeky you are, can you tell me what is using
what IRQs in your computer?  Probably not.  Try changing what the card is using,
though.  You might get lucky.  Do a search on the web and you can find documents
that tell you what IRQs are typically used by what devices.  I'd give you my
list, but it is packed right now.  Sorry.

  Nathan

Bill Reid wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have just installed a fresh copy of Windows 98 in a computer with 4 COM
> ports.  COM1 and COM2 are on the motherboard and COM5 and COM6 are on a Lava
> DSerial PCI card.  When I try and start CDJ with the dirvers for the Lava
> card enabled CDJ (or the COM drivers or a combination of the two) hangs the
> machine (Ctrl-Alt-Del will not work).
>
> When I disable the drivers for the Lava board CDJ will start.  And, if I
> plug the slinke into COM2, CDJ finds it and works correctly.
>
> Has anyone successfully used this serial card with CDJ before?  Anyone have
> any suggestions on things to try?
>
> Bill Reid
> abeSoft Computer Service Inc.
>
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