| Subject | : | Questions about PCMCIA Support (and more) on a Netfinity 7000 M10... |
| Author | : | RobertM |
| Date | : | 17 Jun, 2006 on 23:16 |
| Hi everyone! I recently purchased a massive Netfinity 7000 M10 on eBay. Beautiful machine, IBM certified for OS/2 Warp Server and WSeB BUT I noticed one issue with it and additionally have some questions I am hoping someone can help with. Question 1... the machine came with 4 PIII 550/100's (550MHz, 100MHz FSB). Can I upgrade them to 800/100 CPUs? There are jumper settings for CPU speed and CPU FS bus speed, but both tech and user manuals only indicate "Jumpers (some number I forget at the moment) allow you to set the CPU frequency and CPU bus frequency" and then list examples for 400-550MHz at 100MHz FSB. Some of the older Dual CPU Netfinity's had an option for allowing the System Bus to auto determine CPU and FSB (if the CPU was a PIII as opposed to a PII which the duals I had also supported). Either way, the wording in both manuals implies that since the FSB is settable, that 100MHz isnt the only speed, and additionally, I'd suspect ranges greater than 550MHz CPU speed are supported as well. Any ideas on jumper settings or how to set it to auto-detect? Question 2... the machine has a PCMCIA slot that OS/2 or Windoze can use with Netfinity and a token ring/modem card to report hardware or software related issues. Can this card slot be used for a wireless NIC like an Cisco Aironet 350? (I know the machine has 3 NICs, but I'm pretty far from a wired port, and already have an extra Aironet so dont want to have to buy a bridge).
My problem is it does not seem to work. In contrast, the machine locks during the POST (no display) or seems to be proceeding through the POST but still has no display (in both cases on either video output or occassionally display on the built-in but not the new card). [The POST, btw, is displayed on an LED display on the front of the case - hence I know it starts it's POST, proceeds pretty far (it's got a very long POST), then hangs]. Any ideas? The new card is an ATI 9250 PCI 128MB card and does work. Haven't yet acquired another PCI card to test with but trying to. Is it only compatible with certain cards? Is there a memory addressing limit (how much max can the card have?) There is no way in the BIOS to disable the onboard - your options are automatic detect... or automatic detect
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