Re: Ultra 5 Workstation, PCI add-in card not detected
> GUEST wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm pretty sure it's a compatibility issue and that it won't work,
but
> there's no harm in asking. I bought a cheap DGE-530T card from
D-link and
> tried to install it in my Ultra 5. The system just isn't seeing
the card
> at all.
>
> At first, I thought it was the PCI riser board that was at issue,
so I
> installed in a working RTL8139 card from an old parts bin and
everything is
> showing up fine :
>
> # prtconf
> ....
> pci, instance #1
> ethernet (driver not attached)
>
> That's the Realtek card, for which I haven't bothered installing
the driver.
> Also, prtdiag sees the Realtek card fine, but not the DGE-530T card
:
>
> Bus# Freq
> Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
> --- ---- ---- ---- --------------------------------
----------------------
> 0 PCI-1 33 1 ebus
> 0 PCI-1 33 1 network-SUNW,hme
> 0 PCI-1 33 2 SUNW,m64B ATY,GT-C
> 0 PCI-1 33 3 ide-pci1095,646.1095.646.3
> 0 PCI-2 33 1 ethernet-pci10ec,8139.10ec.8139.+
>
> Both should be on PCI-2, but the D-link card isn't showing up at
all,
> neither in prtconf (should be something like pci1186,4b01) nor in
prtdiag.
> So do I have a dud card or is there no hope in getting this to work
?
Hi.. I am having the same issue on an older FIC VA-503+ MB
with this card... I just cant get xp to see it at all.. any thoughts
would be greatly appreciated..
thanx
mike |