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TECH TIP
TECH TIP NO. TT64.003
DATE: April 21, 1993
BOARD TYPE: BABY EISA, Series-64
BOARD REVISION: B1
BOARD FREQUENCY: 20 MHz, 25 MHz, 33 MHz, 50 MHz
ORIGINATOR: Rex Wade
RELEASED BY: Documentation Control
SUBJECT: Corrections Available for Novell Error Message and Bus
Loading Problem
PROBLEM: 1. There may still be a problem with Novell when using
an IDE disk drive. The following error message may appear "The primary
interrupt controller detected a lost hardware interrupt". This was thought to
have been corrected with the previous ECN (EC020293.064) but certain IDE
controllers still appear to have the problem.
2. There may be a bus loading problem that may cause the following error
message at boot-up "Fail-Safe timer NMI INOPERATIONAL". This will only occur
when certain cards are plugged into certain slots depending on the
characteristic impedance of the cards used.
REASON: 1. This is due to noise on the interrupt request signal
(IRQ14) from the IDE controller.
2. The bus loading causes noise on the IOWC# signal near the source.
Since the EBC containing the timer/counters is near the source, it may
interpret this noise as multiple pulses.
SOLUTION: 1. Solder a 180pf capacitor (AMI Part No.
CP-CAX181J5GX) to the EISA connector at J26-25 (IRQ14) and J26-46 (GND) on the
solder side of the board. This takes the place of the 100pf capacitor from the
previous ECN. NOTE: According to the EISA specifications, the EISA connector
pin numbers are D7 (IRQ14) and G11 (GND).
2. Solder a 180pf capacitor (AMI Part No. CP-CAX181J5GX) to the top of
U57 between pins 4 (IOWC#) and 10 (GND).
Keep the capacitor leads as short as possible and be careful to avoid any
possibility of shorting the capacitor leads to any other pins.