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From: Thomas.Weihrich@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Thomas Weihrich)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: 1542B Installation Problem
Message-ID: <5954@uniol.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 91 13:56:34 GMT
References: <4450@polari.UUCP> <283400151@adaptx1>
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
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neese@adaptx1.UUCP writes:


>>/* ---------- "1542B Installation Problem" ---------- */
>>OK, here's the configuration:
>>
>>    16MHz NEATsx 386sx motherboard, w/4, 1M SIPPs
>>    Micropolis 1578-15 330Mb HD
>>    Hercules clone display adapter
>>    IBM PC-DOS 3.3
>>

>Check the DMA jumper speed setting.  Move it to 5.0MB/sec.  Try running the
>bus master test located at dc00:9.  If this fails with the adapter set to
>5.0MB/sec, the 1542 will not work in this system.  Failure of the bus master
>test is about as catastrophic as it gets.  Simply put, the motherboard will
>not support a bus master.

>			Roy Neese
>			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
>			UUCP @  neese@adaptex
>				uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utacfd!merch!adaptex!neese

As far as I know the NEAT chipset does not support a bus master in a 386SX.
You should have no problems with a 386SX board and an Intel chipset.

Thomas Weihrich
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