We also have the Compaq and use a firewire/USB2 combo card to transfer
in graphics or backup files. We then disable the card to use the Compaq
with the DS application. (Rt. Click on My Computer/Manage/Device
Manager/USB controllers/rt click on correct USB Mass Storage Device and
choose Disable). We only enable the card when we need to transfer
files. DS stays much happier this way!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
Of Gregory, Ryan
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:10 PM
To: DS List
Subject: Sort of OT: PCI Slot
Hello all,
I am trying to put a firewire card into my DS. Compaq EVO W8000. I have
an
external lacie drive I want to hook up through firewire since this box
is
only USB 1.0. The only available slot I have is the third from the
bottom.
It fits fine and reads the drive, but my computer has been acting up
ever
since adding it yesterday. Most of the time it happens when accessing
our
network. This has happened before almost a year ago when the internal
ethernet card died and we had to install a new one. We had it in that
slot
and were getting these problems, so we took out the firewire card from
another slot and put the ethernet card there and it was fixed. We left
the
offending slot empty since I didn't need the firewire card then. I
thought
it might be the card & the slot didn't mesh well, but this is now 2
cards
that don't mesh with this slot. I have changed the IRQ settings to every
option and still no luck. Am I not supposed to use that slot, or maybe
it is
corrupt? I'm not much of a tech guy, but I thought if anyone has any
insight
into this, it would be a big help.
If I missed anything info that is relevant let me know and I can try to
give
you more.
Thanks everyone.
Ryan
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