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<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41af2f7d.1270709@nntp.charter.net...
> The "shared PCI/ISA" slot designation typically applies only to the ISA
and PCI
> slots which are immediately next to one another. The slot is shared
because it
> is either-or. Either an ISA card can be instaled or a PCI card, but not
both.
> Two cards cannot occupy the same physical slot space, where the "slot"
refers to
> the opening on the back panel of the computer..
>
> Before the computer industry declared the ISA slot obsolete (after over 20
years
> of life), the large majority of motherboards and riser cards has a shared
slot.
>
> Rather than considering the potential issues with a shared slot, I would
believe
> that somethng is quite wrong with the riser card hardware, from the
symptoms
> described... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 07:21:08 -0600, "Kevin Childers"
<kchilder@mail.win.org>
> wrote:
>
> >"HH" <hahunt42@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:Chrrd.24$qv.3@fe25.usenetserver.com...
> >> Kevin,
> >> I seem to remember that being the case on those older 2000s, 4000s and
> >> 6000s.
> >> HH
> >>
> >> "Kevin Childers" <kchilder@mail.win.org> wrote in message
> >> news:KTmrd.4503$Ka4.2593@fe07.lga...
> >> > "Eugene" <nospam@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:Oq-dnVaLM7MCOzDcRVn-rw@wideopenwest.com...
> >> >> tiv@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Eugene wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Yep, DP 2000's and 4000's, people would call me all the time
after
> >> >> >> opening them up and putting them back together and I would tell
them
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> smack the case right where the riser card is, they would laugh
and I
> >> >> >> would tell them I was serious so they would set the phone down, a
> >few
> >> >> >> seconds later I would hear a bang then a few seconds later the
beep
> >> > beep
> >> >> >> from a successful post and they would come back on the phone
> >laughing
> >> >> >> even harder.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sadly neither reseating the card nor a thump has had any effect.
I'm
> >> >> > beginning to think the riser card must have problems as the
machine
> >> >> > works fine with cards in both ISA slots and a PCI card in the
PCI/ISA
> >> >> > slot. If the PCI card is then moved to one of the PCI slots on the
> >> >> > other
> >> >> > side it refuses to start. Move the PCI card back and it starts
> >straight
> >> >> > away.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Alec
> >> >> move it and clear cmos, maybe some PnP settings are getting
confused.
> >> >
> >> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but on the older machines,
weren't
> >> > some
> >> > slots shared? You could use most of them, but not all, at the same
> >time?
> >> > Try removing all of them and then adding them back in one at a time
to
> >see
> >> > what might be shared with what. A bit time consuming, but as a last
> >> > resort...
> >> >
> >> > KC
> >> >
> >> >
> > So my memory isn't that bad, thanks for confirming that. Now if I
could
> >just recall which ones were shared. That would probably Alec a bit of
time
> >finding out through trial and error. Would you know or as always could
you
> >post the link to the exact answer at the Compaq Web site?
> >
> > BTW, this is not a Compaq unique issue. A lot of older machines had
> >sharing of ISA/PCI/??? slots. The only ones I don't recall any sharing
with
> >was MicroChannel, but that design/technology didn't really make it
> >commercially. Still just when you think they are all dead and gone some
one
> >hauls one in and ask you to work on it.
> >
> >KC
Ben probably is right on this, from the sound of it. Since it was from
a skip(?) I assume that means it was being scraped, do what you can with it
and just accept that you have a system that has few hardware capabilities
that it's peers. What cards do you need to add to it? Perhaps you can use
a combo card?
KC
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