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- From: weissh@nextadm.cc.vt.edu (Hugh Weiss)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Ethernet Locking Up Computer
- Message-ID: <weissh.17.711898416@nextadm.cc.vt.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 13:33:36 GMT
- References: <1992Jul23.053659.22536@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul23.053659.22536@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> dbasinge@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Basinger) writes:
-
- >On my machine (486 33mHz) when I plug my ethernet cable into the back
- >of my machine my computer locks up. When I try to re-boot one of two
- >things happens.
-
- >1. machine get stuck in an infinite re-boot.
- >2. locks up randomly during re-boot.
-
- >Does this sound like a software conflict or a problem with my ethernet
- >card.
-
- It could be an IRQ conflict. It could be a shared memory conflict. I've
- seen both of these things cause the symptoms you descibe.
-
- What specific ethernet card are you using in the machine?
-
- -Hugh Weiss
- -Virginia Tech Computing Center - Distrinuted Computing Group
- -weissh@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu
-