Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #2498

From:	Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	[OS2Wireless] IBM T30 notebook - Wireless PCI IRQ?
Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:01:42 -0400
To:	os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com

On 09/23/2005 05:42 pm, Mark Henigan thus wrote : <snip> While I have Cisco 350s with the highest revision, I am still interested in an mPCI card and will attempt to obtain one of those mentioned for the T23. The reason that I'd like to use the installed card is that, even after we succeeded in getting the driver for my Cisco 350 to load correctly at the August 2005 BayWarp meeting, most of the time it still takes over 99% of cpu cycles and is usually unkillable. I have tried numerous strategies to get it to load, with rare and inconsistent success. It's assigned IRQ3 exclusively without apparent conflict until I start WXLAN. I've tried using no peripherals as well as various peripherals in USB, SCSI, and parallel ports, hoping to determine where the conflict develops. I've also run various hardware detection programs without finding evidence of a conflict. Although I don't see parameters described for WXLAN, I suppose I could find a way to use reserve.sys to resolve a resource conflict if only I could locate the source of the problem. Mark, are you registered for Warpstock? I'd love to have a look at this during the Wi-Fi clinic... I'm not sure if I have all the parts on hand for a working T23 (I just swapped out a lower assembly including motherboard, CPU, and fan due to an overheat problem, but the board will run for some time before getting too hot...I just need to find RAM and an LCD for it), but I'll see what I can cobble together. <snip> I agree with most of what you say here. However, my K6-III at 400MHz on an FIC PA2013 is faster than my T30. I'm guessing that this is because of the cpu that many have told me is a poorly designed model. I'm currently using a T30 with a 1.8GHz P4M. I had a chat with Knut some time back about this, and he told me that the Centrino chips are just more efficient than the P4M's. That said, with a gig of RAM in my T30, it's pretty snappy. I just built a workstation for Tom Melendez' PHP presentation at Warpstock. This machine has an Intel D915GLVGL (http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/vg/vg_available.htm) motherboard, Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512MB DDR/400. Now that's a quick box... ;-) Also, you purchase one with the high resolution screen ( :-> ), a real advantage that I'd recommend for anyone who uses OS-virtualization software such as VPC and SVISTA. Yes, the high res LCD's are truly nice. However, for the T30, these are much more costly to replace than for the T4x series. I just did one for a T30, and a refurb LCD cost $495 from my supplier (as compared to the SXGA+ for the T42, which was $325). -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users International www.novell.com/linux/truth Warpstock 2005 - Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 6-9, 2005 www.warpstock.org ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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