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Realtek 8139 driver not installing

Started by Brian12, 2008.04.23, 03:01:35

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Brian12


Just installed os2(ecom rc1) for the first time today. For some reason its not wanting to install the realtek driver for my compaq pci card. At boot it says Bios did not assign IObase to device. Any tips would be appreciated.

RobertM

Quote from: Brian12 on 2008.04.23, 03:01:35

Just installed os2(ecom rc1) for the first time today. For some reason its not wanting to install the realtek driver for my compaq pci card. At boot it says Bios did not assign IObase to device. Any tips would be appreciated.

Sounds like a resource conflict.

Try going into your BIOS, disable any onboard NIC, check for other devices that share the IO range, disable any unused devices to free IRQs and IO address space (ie: second COM port, etc), and failing still, try moving the card to another slot or re-assigning IRQs for system/onboard devices (such as sound) so there is no conflict (assuming your BIOS supports as much).

If none of that work, please post more info about your machine (model, approx year, additional devices installed). On some HP/Compaq's there are other BIOS settings you must change to get it to properly assign IRQs.

Robert


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Brian12


Thanks for the tips. Ive already tried changing the IRQ in the bios and whether its 3, 5, or 11 it shared with something and makes no diff. I also thought about changing the slot the card is in but Im running xp, 98, and beos and Im afraid it will break networking there. But Ill probably give it a try anyway. When os2 is booting it says something about networking can be configured by PCICfg.snp driver. I cant find it on the partition though and there is nothing about it on google.

RobertM

Quote from: Brian12 on 2008.04.23, 07:25:55

Thanks for the tips. Ive already tried changing the IRQ in the bios and whether its 3, 5, or 11 it shared with something and makes no diff. I also thought about changing the slot the card is in but Im running xp, 98, and beos and Im afraid it will break networking there. But Ill probably give it a try anyway. When os2 is booting it says something about networking can be configured by PCICfg.snp driver. I cant find it on the partition though and there is nothing about it on google.

Hi Brian,

I think I might have written that post in a confusing manner.

If I am reading your post correctly, you have an 8139 CARD (ie: it is not built onto the motherboard). Thus, you dont want to change the IRQ of the card in the BIOS. You want to disable any NIC functions/settings/parameters in the BIOS, and then either let the BIOS autoconfigure the card, or the card's driver autoconfig the card.

I've run numerous RT8139 cards with a very high level of success and reliability. On one HP machine though, I definitely needed to change what slot it is in. Many of the HPs and Compaq's (since they are made by the same manufacturer) often share the same components such as motherboards - so you may find that such is the case for you as well.

What model Compaq is it?  What else is on the PCI bus?

Robert


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Robert Deed

Most of the time they not only share with other components but sometimes with other slots as well.  I was working on a compaq a while back that had 4 slots and all 4 recieved the same irq no matter what you did.  The computer could barely run 98 and try installing NT, OS/2 or Win2000 and it was a total no go.

Quote from: RobertM on 2008.04.23, 19:59:14
Quote from: Brian12 on 2008.04.23, 07:25:55

Thanks for the tips. Ive already tried changing the IRQ in the bios and whether its 3, 5, or 11 it shared with something and makes no diff. I also thought about changing the slot the card is in but Im running xp, 98, and beos and Im afraid it will break networking there. But Ill probably give it a try anyway. When os2 is booting it says something about networking can be configured by PCICfg.snp driver. I cant find it on the partition though and there is nothing about it on google.

Hi Brian,

I think I might have written that post in a confusing manner.

If I am reading your post correctly, you have an 8139 CARD (ie: it is not built onto the motherboard). Thus, you dont want to change the IRQ of the card in the BIOS. You want to disable any NIC functions/settings/parameters in the BIOS, and then either let the BIOS autoconfigure the card, or the card's driver autoconfig the card.

I've run numerous RT8139 cards with a very high level of success and reliability. On one HP machine though, I definitely needed to change what slot it is in. Many of the HPs and Compaq's (since they are made by the same manufacturer) often share the same components such as motherboards - so you may find that such is the case for you as well.

What model Compaq is it?  What else is on the PCI bus?

Robert