Installing PCi EICON DIVA ISDN Card in
FT2400 (Nexus) with Windows NT 4 Server
We have encountered some difficulty installing these cards in FT2400
(Nexus) systems running Microsoft Windows NT4 Server. These problems manifest themselves
once the card is installed using the CD, and NT is re-booted. At this point, NT generates
a blue screen error message, that makes reference to "symc8xx.sys", and does a
memory dump, followed by a re-boot.
The way in which the card is installed into the system is critical. A
suggested method of installation, which works OK, is described below.
- Install NT4 and Service Pack 3
- Insert the EICON CD Ver 1.3
- Run "cdsetup"
- Install "English"
- Install the DIVA 2.0 card on PCI bus 0. The I/O and interrupt setting
options will be "greyed out" as Auto-config.
- When the installation asks to install WAN miniports and NT-RAS, reply NO
- Install CAPI 2.0 when prompted
- Reboot the system
- Log in and load "Control panel -> Network"
- Select "Add Adapter" and choose to add "WAN
Miniports", using all the default settings
- Add RAS support
- Add ISDN 1 followed by ISDN 2
- Reboot the system and start Windows NT
.
ISA versions of the card appear to install OK, without needing any
particular installation sequence. The above was installed on a system using the Symbios
controller on IRQ9, an Intel PRO 10/100 on IRQ10 and the DIVA card on IRQ5, in Primary PCI
bus, slot 1.
It appears that installation on a system using an AMI RAID card (with
Symbios disabled), also appears to work without any problem.
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