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- From: jsu@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Jinn Su)
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:49:11 GMT
- Subject: SCSI CD-ROM Drive & Soundcard on Vectra 486U problem
- Message-ID: <4310347@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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- Hello Vectra Experts,
-
- I have just posted this note under "comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard" but figure that
- I should probably post it here too to get HP Vectra Experts' opinions.
-
- I have been trying to install a ProAudio Spectrum 16 soundcard along with Texel
- SCSI CD-ROM Drive (model3024) onto HP Vectra 486/33U PC and not able to succeed.
- The sound card I got is a Media Vision OEM to LaserWave, called Spectrum 16, which
- I heard to be exactly the same (hardware-wise) as the conmercial one.
-
- When I ran "install" program, one of the first thing it asked me to do was to select
- a DMA channel & an IRQ for the soundcard. The program proposed some default settings
- (I think it propsed DMA 3 or 1 and IRQ 7). I accepted the default but the verification
- failed for both DMA and IRQ. I then tried every allowed settings for DMA and IRQ
- (by the way, I did try DMA 1 or 3 with IRQ5 which I thought should be available) but
- could never succeed. It always complains about DMA conflict and IRQ conflict.
- I disabled SoundBlast and M401 (I think?) emulation and Joysticker and still dit
- not help. (For the folks who used the "install" program came with the Media Vision
- Driver Kit, you would not be able to set the above emulation and would not be able
- to select DMA beyond 3 or IRQ beyond 7 through the "install" program. But the
- "install" program I got from LaserWave allowed me to do them even though that did
- not help. And, to let you know, I had tried both "install" disk sets and neither
- worked.)
-
- After I ignored the error messages and hit "continue", it started to load a lot of
- stuff into the system. I have been trying to contact Media Vision but have not been
- able to get explanation for that. I don't know if the installation was successful
- or not. Could I ignore the error messages or not? At last, I installed the
- Window Driver, as manual said, and did not seem to get any further problem.
-
- I have not got a valid CD to try out the installation. All I have is the Sony
- Laser Library CD pack (6 CD's, supposed to be sold with Sony CD-ROM Drive and
- some other things as a bundle) which could not be installed on my system because
- the "install" program came with the CD pack was looking for Sony CD-ROM Drive
- and refused to install the necessary stuff to allow the CD's to work. Strange.
- I will post another note to ask if anyone knows how to get around the installation
- procedure. Anyhow, I tried a couple of "demo" programs in the Sony CD's (which
- I thought may not rely on the Sony installation procedure). Some times it worked
- and the other times it failed. When it failed, there was error message on the
- monitor saying something like "CD-101: read failure". And, I would not be able
- to read from the CD-ROM Drive until I ejected and reinserted the CD. I don't
- know if the failure was because of lack of proper initialization by Sony "install"
- program or because of DMA/IRQ conflict.
-
- For the experts out there, here is some information about my PC:
- It's 486/33Mhz, EISA, and has 2 Serial Ports, 1 Parallel Port, 1 Mouse Port,
- Flexible Disk Device Controller, & Hard Disk Controller all built into the
- system board. There are one 3.5 Flexible Drive, one 5.25 Flexible Drive, and
- one Hard Disk Drive, all of them were from HP, on the system. The CD-ROM Drive
- seats on the bottom slot under two Flexible Drives. The PAS 16 is the first
- add-on card in one of the five available I/O slots.
-
- Following are the DMA and IRQ's, which are supposed to be available, in the Vectra:
- DMA - 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
- IRQ - 5, 10, 11 (and one more which is either 9 or 15)
-
- Thanks in advance for your help !!!
-
- Regards,
- Jinn
-