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In article <gillani.721491066@sfu.ca>, gillani@fraser.sfu.ca (Karim Gillani) writes:
> lmebold@csghsg5a.bitnet wites:
>>I've got a 486DX/33-EISA-System with an AWARD-BIOS.
>>When booting, the system is checked and several messages are written to
>>screen. One of them is: "unexpected Interrupts" - this test can be failed
>>or passed.
>>When booting the system (power on or reset) the system fails the
>>unexpected interrupts-test. When rebooting with ctrl-alt-del the
>>system passes this test. What does it mean, when the system-check
>>fails this test and why is it passed on a warm reboot?
>>By the way: the system works properly - I've never had a problem
>>(using a mouse, modem, soundblaster).
>
>>Thanks in advance
>
>>Luke
>
> I also have the same motherboard (sort of)
> And I also had the same problem, I resolved it by changing the DMA-default of
> the controller card (EISA CARD) AND I have a suspicion that one of my cards were faulty (internal modem) I suggest taking all unecessary cards out and
> testing the motherboard, then systematically put one card in at a time, a check if you get that error
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Karim
So is it really only kind of an address-conflict problem or DMA-channel problem?
I just wondered wheter it's worse than that (some malfunction of the
