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| Thread ID: 43580 | 2004-03-19 19:36:00 | Wireless Network Adapter Stops Boot | Growly (6) | Press F1 |
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| 223707 | 2004-03-19 19:36:00 | OK so i install the Dlink AirPlus XtremeG 108Mbps Wifi Adapter, and the computer doesnt boot past the BIOS screen. There's POST (I hear beeps, thank god), but it stops before its meant to memory test. And i mean stops. Like completely freezes. So i take the card out, and it works perfectly! I tried all my different PCI slots, and am trying to get a BIOS update, but i think its the latest. What to do ?!? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 223708 | 2004-03-19 19:45:00 | Have you removed all other pci cards and tried to boot with just the wifi card? Its probally trying to use a resource that is already taken by something else. |
metla (154) | ||
| 223709 | 2004-03-19 19:58:00 | Oh yeah, my mobo is a MSI K7T Turbo 2. BIOS is now latest version, same problem :-s. Right thanks metla, i took out the other 100baseTX network card, and it worked fine. Maybe it's trying to assign same resources as it considers them to be the same thing? It's weird, cause I could have three wired network cards in their with no trouble, and now this one Wifi one demands all the attention. Any help would be appreciated! |
Growly (6) | ||
| 223710 | 2004-03-20 00:09:00 | First a question, Are you using a USB keyboard and / or mouse? If not then disable the USB keyboard and or mouse option in BIOS and try again. If so, can you put a PS/2 keyboard and mouse on and disable the USB keyboard / mouse option in BIOS and try again. Even better would be diasble all onboard USB and try again. If that gets the PC loading windows post back. |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 223711 | 2004-03-20 05:16:00 | USB keyboard and mouse are disabled, and I have ps/2 mice and keyboard. But the problem is that it will load if a 100BaseTX card is in there by itself or if a WIFI Card is in there by itself - it won't work if they are both in there. And its only these two that dont work - I tried a different 100baseTX card, and the same thing happened. Frustrated, I put the WIFI Card in another computer, and it worked fine. Now im damn right confused. What to do? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 223712 | 2004-03-20 07:11:00 | > USB keyboard and mouse are disabled, and I have ps/2 > mice and keyboard. > > But the problem is that it will load if a 100BaseTX > card is in there by itself or if a WIFI Card is in > there by itself - it won't work if they are both in > there. > > And its only these two that dont work - I tried a > different 100baseTX card, and the same thing > happened. Frustrated, I put the WIFI Card in another > computer, and it worked fine. Now im damn right > confused. What to do? Have you tried turning the on board USB off with both cards in? |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 223713 | 2004-03-20 07:46:00 | one small thing to try is to turn on the "reset configuration" in the bios. this should force the bios to look at all the cards. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 223714 | 2004-03-20 23:38:00 | Thanks guys... I'll try the USB thing, (disabling it), but I can't do any bios resetting with both cards cause it freezes and doesnt let me in! :'( |
Growly (6) | ||
| 223715 | 2004-03-21 07:59:00 | Ok so i disable just about every onboard thing i could, and low and betide, it worked! Thanks alot... silly motherboard! But then I went back, and the IRQs were completely different. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 223716 | 2004-03-22 01:06:00 | > Ok so i disable just about every onboard thing i > could, and low and betide, it worked! > > Thanks alot... silly motherboard! But then I went > back, and the IRQs were completely different. Ok welcome to the wonderfull world of plug and pray. You now have two choices: 1. Manualy assign IRQs in BIOS and try to get the WIFI card or Network card on there own UNIQUE IRQ. 2. Do what I did, complain to your MB vendor. I had an Adaptec SCSI card I wanted to put into my GigaByte GA-8ST800 MB and had the same problems as you... After several emails to GigaByte and even a phone call from the GigaByte techs! which shocked me a bit to say the lest, the problem was nailed down to the USB controller(s) locking up the SCSI card due to an IRQ conflict. The conflict was the SCSI card holding off asserting an IRQ due to the USB controller(s) being initilized and polled by the BIOS. Tricky stuff putting logic probes inside your PC I tell you. The problem was fixed by GigaByte producing a custom BIOS where the on board USB controllers are all on ONE physical IRQ using 3 of the 4 PCI IRQ channels assigned to that physical IRQ, and I can pick the physical IRQ in BIOS. The moral of the story is that IRQ sharing IS still a problem with PCI. |
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