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Contents:
EtherExpress ADAPTERS: COMPUTER COMPATIBILITES A - D
This document contains compatibility listings and notes for the
following Manufacturers' systems:
- ACER
- ALR
- AST
- AT&T
- AUSTIN
- AXONIX
- COMMODORE
- COMPAQ
- COMPUADD
- DATA GENERAL
- DELL
- DOLCH
- DTK
For further listings, order the following documents.
EtherExpress Adapters: Computer Compatibilities E - K Document 6424
EtherExpress Adapters: Computer Compatibilities L - Z Document 6426
ACER ACROS 6209 486SX/33 EtherExpress 16 Adapter
Symptom:
EtherExpress™ A-step and B-step cards don't work reliably (data
transfer corruption on file transfers) in 16-bit mode. The cards may
even fail in 8-bit mode.
Description:
Some computers have been found to have excessive noise on the bus
control signals. The classic version of the EtherExpress card has a
higher tolerance for noise than the A-step and B-step versions. This
higher tolerance level allows the classic version to work in this
computer even though the A-step and B-step versions do not.
Solution:
Use the classic version of EtherExpress cards. The classic version has
a higher tolerance to noise and is fully compatible. The A-step or
B-step versions may work in 8-bit mode or if there are multiple cards
installed.
Notes:
Product: EtherExpress 16, 16TP, 16C, Flash, Flash TP, FlashC
Other:
Acer Acros 6209 486SX/33 with ISA expansion bus on a daughter card.
Acer Power 425, Bios 1.2/R1.0, 1.2/R1.2, 1.2/R1.4.
Morse Motherboard with Award Bios, expansion bus on a daughter
card, DOS ODI driver v2.x.
Reported by: CS
ACER FRAME 1000 EtherExpress 32 ADAPTER
Product: EtherExpress 32 Network Adapter
Compatibility: conditional
Requirements: Customer reports there are 8 slots in this system. Slots
1-6 are bus master slots. The EtherExpress 32 card must be install one
of these slots.
ALR 386/33 EISA EtherExpress 16 Family
ALR FLYER SD 32 (OLD NAME: ALR 32 DT) EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16TP Adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
Customer report:
The ALR Flyer SD 32 is a 486/33 machine. Diagnostics pass, but the
system indicates an I/O address conflict with the EtherExpress 16TP in
it. Setting the EtherExpress 16TP to 8-bit mode does relieve the error.
The customer worked with ALR and indicates that ALR seems to think this
is an incompatibility with the motherboard in this system.
ALR 386/33 Business Veisa EtherExpress 32 ADAPTER
Product: EtherExpress 32 Network Adapter
Compatibility: conditional
Requirements: You must have the optional cache card installed for the
EtherExpress 32 card to work properly. If the cache card is not
installed, the EtherExpress 32 card may fail its diagostics and it will
not reliably connect to the network.
Note: A customer reports that ALR has a pre-released version of the
NetWare* 3.11 server driver that fixes the cache timing issue
with the NE3200.
AST PREMIUM 2 EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 and 16TP
Compatibility: Conditional
Customer report:
Customer reports an I/O conflict with I/O 300. SOFTSET indicated an I/O
conflict initially, but then allowed the customer to set up the cards.
At I/O 300 Customer saw cycling of ethernet addresses. Setting the card
to I/O 330 fixed the problem.
AST Bravo LC2 EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 adapters
Symptom:
Workstations lose connections or the driver may not load consistently.
Other intermittent problems are noticed as well.
Description:
Noise problems on the IORDY line.
Solution:
Customers should contact AST if they have problems with the AST Bravo
LC2 machine. AST has a Field Change Notice EP238 that resolves noise
problems on the IORDY line.
AT&T Globalyst 550 EtherExpress 16 Family
Symptom:
Softset hangs after banner message on ATT Globalyst 550 (Pentium(R)
processor-based system) when EtherExpress 16TP is installed in upper
left hand 16-bit slot.
Solution:
Try another 16-bit slot. Moving to bottom left hand 16-bit slot solved
problem.
AT&T 6300 AND 6300+ EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 and 16TP adapter
Compatibility: Incompatible
Customer reports that the AT&T 6300 and 6300+ are incompatible with the
EtherExpress Cards. The AT&T 6300 and 6300+ are not 100% IBM compatible
machine.
AXONIX LAPSTATION IV EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
Customer reports that the Axonix Lapstation IV (docking station for lap
tops) will only work with the EtherExpress 16 card in 8-bit mode (failed
DRAM test if not in 8-bit). Used IRQ 5.
Commodore 286 Model 40 III EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 and 16TP adpater
Compatibility: Conditional
Customer reports that the Commodore 286 with an EtherExpress 16 card
installed in it, would not boot. Moving the card to an 8-bit slot and
moving the VGA to a 16-bit slot fixed the customer's problem.
Compaq 286E EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress16 and 16TP adapters
Compatibility: Conditional
Intel has run many Compaq 286E systems with the EtherExpress 16 cards
without any problems. If a customer is reporting problems the report
below may help:
There has been a customer report of the EtherExpress 16 not working in
the Compaq 286E. Forcing 8-bit mode on the EtherExpress card allowed it
to work. The customer then changed a dip switch on the motherboard that
controls the power-up speed. Switching this dip switch to HIGH enabled
the EtherExpress 16 adapter to run in 16-bit mode.
Compaq deskpro 386/33L EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 and 16TP Network Adapters
Compatibility: Conditional
The Compaq 386/33L is an EISA style machine. The EtherExpress 16 and
16TP cards work fine in this system, however, the EtherExpress 16 and
16TP cards are ISA cards. An EISA configuration file (!int1000.cfg) for
the EtherExpress 16 (ISA) card is located on the latest diskette.
Compaq Systempro 486/33 EtherExpress 32 COND
Product: EtherExpress 32 Network Adapter
Compatibility: conditional
*Customer Report*
Requirements: This system is a 10 slot system. Novell 3.11 will not
recognize the EtherExpress 32 card in slot 6. Slot 5 worked fine.
Compaq 486/50M EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 Network Adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
The Compaq 486/50M is an EISA style machine. An EISA configuration file
(!int1000.cfg) for the EtherExpress 16 (ISA) card is located on the
latest driver diskette.
Older versions of the IPX driver (before 2.00) for the EtherExpress 16
cards may return an error message stating the 82586 is not responding.
Versions after 2.00 corrected this problem.
Driver versions from 2.00 - 2.04 would load, but not run reliably. For
example, the system might hang during a data transfer over the network.
This problem is caused by the speed and the internal cache of the 80486
DX2 processor. This problem is corrected in version 2.05 or later of
our driver (2.06 is available through Intel's online services). IPX
driver name: EXP16SH. Note: Any computer using a DX2 processor might
have this problem.
Customer report:
Compaq tested the EtherExpress 16 card in this system without any
problems. However, we have received conflicting reports where customers
were not able to run the board in 16-bit I/O mapped mode. They would
get intermittent failures transmitting data over the network. If they
changed the board to 8-bit I/O mapped mode or 16-bit memory mapped mode
the EtherExpress 16 card worked fine.
Compaq Prolinea 486/50 EtherExpress Family
Product: EtherExpress FlashC Network Adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
One customer reports an error message "runtime error:r6002 floating
point not loaded". Removing bgmail.exe (a tsr from AT+T) solved the
problem.
Compaq Prosignia Model vs EtherExpress 16 Family
Symptom:
Compaq Pro Signa model VS fails to boot with a EtherExpress 16
FlashC card installed (no post test).
Description:
Flash BIOS conflicts.
Solution:
Remove the Flash chip or change the address from D000 to another
available address.
Compuadd 333 EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 and 16TP adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
The Compuadd 333 can be set to either 12 MHz or 8 MHz. The EtherExpress
16 card will work in this machine if the bus speed is set to 8 MHz. If
the bus speed is set to 12 MHz, the card does NOT work. Note that
SoftSet diagnostics do not fail when the bus speed is set to 12 MHz.
Data General 386SX-16 EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 network adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
Customer reports that an EtherExpress 16 card must be in 8-bit mode to
work with a Data General 386SX-16 with on-board video. If the
EtherExpress 16 card is not in 8-bit mode, the first 5 to 6 characters
of each line will shift off the left of the screen.
Customer reports that an EtherExpress 16 card used with an Orchid
Fahrenheit 1280 Plus video card (Bios version unknown) in the Data
General 386SX-16 machine with on-board video is incompatible. With this
configuration, the system will not even boot up.
Dell Omniplex Model 560 EtherExpress FLASH32 ADAPTER
Product: EtherExpress Flash32 Card
After Installing the EtherExpress Flash32 Card in the Dell OmniPlex
model 560 (Pentium(R) processor-60 MHz EISA w/PCI bus), the FlashSet
screen does not appear and an EISA configuration error is displayed.
The FlashSet screen appears normally after running the Dell ECU (EISA
configuration utility) and rebooting the computer.
Symptom:
FLASHSET runs successfully but on-board diags fail at "82596 self-test."
LSL, FL32ODI, IPXODI, and NETX load fine and the machine is able to
attach to a NetWare* 4.0 server.
Description:
There may be a problem with FlashSet recognizing the 82596 in this
configuration.
Solution:
Load the network drivers and if the machine is able to attach to a
server, ignore the self-test error. The self-test error is currently
being researched.
Dell 450SE EtherExpress 32 COND
Product: EtherExpress 32 Network Adapter
Compatibility: conditional
Requirements: After installing the EtherExpress 32 card, the hard disk
may temporarily disappear until you run the EISA configuration program.
You must run the configuration program from drive A.
Dolch 486/33 Portable EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 and 16TP adpaters
Compatibility: Conditional
Customer reports that the EtherExpress 16 card must be installed in the
main unit of the Dolch 486 Portable. It will not work reliably in the
expansion box.
The Dolch 486 Portable has one slot in the main unit and an expansion
box with additional slots. The EtherExpress 16 adapter must be
installed in the main unit.
Dtk Peer 2533 386SX 25MHZ EtherExpress 16 Family
Product: EtherExpress 16 adapter
Compatibility: Conditional
DTK tested this machine with our card. To work with this computer the
EtherExpress 16 card had to be forced to 8-bit operation. Other DTK
computers tested were fine. DTK has one of our cards and they are
investigating this further.
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