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Is this Marvel really dying?
I'll keep this as short as possible. Two weeks ago, my Marvel G200 started to show hick-ups after I replaced my Promise Ultra33 with an Ultra100. Going back to the Ultra33 didn't work. There is no IRQ sharing and there has never been. As soon as I remove the Ultra100/33 and have the video play from the C-drive everything seems fine.
So I did a re-install of W98SE, OK. I install the Marvel drivers and the videotools, OK. Then I insert the Ultra100 and install its drivers, OK. I can acces the drive attached to the Ultra100 at it's full speed. IRQ's for the Marvel and the Ultra100 are 11 and 10 respectively, with no sharing, so this seems OK too. But as soon as I want to play with either MS media player or PCVCR, the system freezes and has to be rebooted, so NOT OK. This is a fresh install!
After I removed the Ultra100 card, there is only the soundblaster AWE32 (ISA) left in the case. And again I am not able to play my video!
So I took the card to my work and installed it, together with the Ultra100 on an Asus LX-based mobo. This system was supplied with WIN98 (regular) and the video played fine! And now there was even IRQ sharing with the NIC that was in the first PCI slot.
So I removed the drive, knowing that the hardware was OK, and replaced it with an empty drive. After installing WIN98SE again, I was only able to find that every bit of the installation went fine, but that again, PCVCR would freeze.
I am really beginning to think that my MarvelG200 is slowly dying. I just don't understand. The card has always worked fine, and installation of WIN95B,95C,NT,98,98SE, has never been a problem, but now it just won't.
I am using the 1.52 tools with the 5.41(?) drivers. Using an EPOX LX-based mobo with 333A celeron.
Can someone PLEEEEZE help me....
Marijn
So I did a re-install of W98SE, OK. I install the Marvel drivers and the videotools, OK. Then I insert the Ultra100 and install its drivers, OK. I can acces the drive attached to the Ultra100 at it's full speed. IRQ's for the Marvel and the Ultra100 are 11 and 10 respectively, with no sharing, so this seems OK too. But as soon as I want to play with either MS media player or PCVCR, the system freezes and has to be rebooted, so NOT OK. This is a fresh install!
After I removed the Ultra100 card, there is only the soundblaster AWE32 (ISA) left in the case. And again I am not able to play my video!
So I took the card to my work and installed it, together with the Ultra100 on an Asus LX-based mobo. This system was supplied with WIN98 (regular) and the video played fine! And now there was even IRQ sharing with the NIC that was in the first PCI slot.
So I removed the drive, knowing that the hardware was OK, and replaced it with an empty drive. After installing WIN98SE again, I was only able to find that every bit of the installation went fine, but that again, PCVCR would freeze.
I am really beginning to think that my MarvelG200 is slowly dying. I just don't understand. The card has always worked fine, and installation of WIN95B,95C,NT,98,98SE, has never been a problem, but now it just won't.
I am using the 1.52 tools with the 5.41(?) drivers. Using an EPOX LX-based mobo with 333A celeron.
Can someone PLEEEEZE help me....
Marijn
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