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- From: JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: overruns, Blers, #9gxepro64
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 19:00:02 GMT
- Organization: The Navas Group of Dublin, CA, USA
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- [Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- curt@teleport.com (Curt...) wrote:
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- >rwnewmed@ix.netcom.com (r. weissman) wrote:
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- >> Was receiving large numbers of comm overruns with internal sportster
- >> 28.8 and trumpet 21f. I checked some very helpful faqÆs (curt, navas,
- >> als, et al...thanks!) and, by testing my system with just the standard
- >> vga drivers, found that my #9 gxe pro 64 card appeared to be the
- >> cause. I switched the #9 bus throttle option to 'on' and am no longer
- >> receiving any overruns at all. I am, however, receiving a fair amount
- >> of 'Blers'
- >> - what are æblersÆ...are they a big problem?
- >> - are there any other #9 settings that should be changed?; IÆm using
- >> 3.12 ver of #9 drivers
- >> All suggestions sincerely appreciated
- >>
- >>
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- >Blers stand for block errors...usually a result of line noise or quality.
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- >Is your modem on Com4? I don't know if the #9 card uses an S3 graphics
- >chip or not, but if it does, you may be experiencing a common problem
- >where the S3 chip is trying to use the same address as Com4 uses.
- >If you think this could be the case, try moving your modem to another
- >port. I recommend Com2, IRQ3, if possible.
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- He fixed his video card problem; i.e., that is not a problem.
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