Humm, I have a 3C905C-TX-M for my DSL sharing IRQ11 with Intel PCI to USB
host along with two IRQ holders for  PCI steering in my device manager. The
NE2000 for my network is on IRQ10 all by it's self. Granted, my boot time is
a bit long, but it hasn't caused any problems as far as operation. For what
this is worth.
Brad Loomis
Los Angeles, CA

Kyle said:
What I would be interested in knowing is what IRQ was assigned to the card
before and after you swapped slots.  There is another thread going on right
now that has to do with USB and NIC sharing IRQ's, and I would suggest that
the problems might be interelated.

Where I work we use 3COM cards EXCLUSIVELY on systems where the NIC is not
integrated into the motherboard.  Not one of these NICS has ever been able
to successfully share an IRQ.  If there is another device on the same IRQ,
either that device or the NIC is very flakey.  So, if the NIC in question
here were sharing an IRQ with another device for whatever reason, I would
suggest that the slow boot may be a result of this.

One afterthought.  Back in the 3COM 905-TPO days (before the 905b or any
iteration thereof), I discovered that these devices did not like it when
they WEREN'T connected to a network.  About every four seconds they would
make an appeal to they system, looking for a network connection.  This had
the annoying repercussion of making the mouse freeze ever-so-slightly every
four seconds.  There may be some such anomaly occurring here as well.

Kyle Elmblade
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From: "Chris Rivenbark" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] NIC Causes 2min Boot


> I loaded the latest Win98 Chipset (Intel 430TX) drivers for the mobo.  Got
the
> correct version of Win98 cab files (Win98 first ed.) on the system.
Physically
> removed NIC.  Removed and re-installed all networking "components"
(Clients,
> Protocols, Services).  Re-installed NIC.  The boot up was still nearly 2
minutes
> following P.O.S.T.
>

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