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- TECH TIP
-
- TECH TIP NO. TT64.003
- DATE: April 21, 1993
- BOARD TYPE: BABY EISA, Series-64
- BOARD REVISION: B1
- BOARD FREQUENCY: 20 MHz, 25 MHz, 33 MHz, 50 MHz
- ORIGINATOR: Rex Wade
- RELEASED BY: Documentation Control
-
- SUBJECT: Corrections Available for Novell Error Message and Bus
- Loading Problem
-
-
- PROBLEM: 1. There may still be a problem with Novell when using
- an IDE disk drive. The following error message may appear "The primary
- interrupt controller detected a lost hardware interrupt". This was thought to
- have been corrected with the previous ECN (EC020293.064) but certain IDE
- controllers still appear to have the problem.
-
- 2. There may be a bus loading problem that may cause the following error
- message at boot-up "Fail-Safe timer NMI INOPERATIONAL". This will only occur
- when certain cards are plugged into certain slots depending on the
- characteristic impedance of the cards used.
-
- REASON: 1. This is due to noise on the interrupt request signal
- (IRQ14) from the IDE controller.
-
- 2. The bus loading causes noise on the IOWC# signal near the source.
- Since the EBC containing the timer/counters is near the source, it may
- interpret this noise as multiple pulses.
-
- SOLUTION: 1. Solder a 180pf capacitor (AMI Part No.
- CP-CAX181J5GX) to the EISA connector at J26-25 (IRQ14) and J26-46 (GND) on the
- solder side of the board. This takes the place of the 100pf capacitor from the
- previous ECN. NOTE: According to the EISA specifications, the EISA connector
- pin numbers are D7 (IRQ14) and G11 (GND).
-
- 2. Solder a 180pf capacitor (AMI Part No. CP-CAX181J5GX) to the top of
- U57 between pins 4 (IOWC#) and 10 (GND).
-
- Keep the capacitor leads as short as possible and be careful to avoid any
- possibility of shorting the capacitor leads to any other pins.