Apparently so. We have a few of the NW cards and have "invested" way too much time trying to make them work. Here are the known problems (i.e. - problems known to Ascend) that we have encountered: - card/driver conflicts with SoundBlaster cards or SoundBlaster chips on motherboards, there is apparently a fixed W95 and NT driver on Ascend's web site, but you have to wonder about someone who knowingly (I assume) releases an ISA card with known (presumably?) conflicts with what might be the most common "option" in a PC. - if the card/driver is told to use an IRQ above 10 (at least one version defaults to IRQ 15), it's a crap shoot whether the card or system will boot. - current NT driver/card can get in to a mode where it consumes all available cpu cycles. The Ascend support folks have been very helpful, and very professional but I get the sense that they are pretty fed up with the problems these cards have caused. Our experience is the same as Dick Bailey's. Ascend have offered to buy back the cards which is commendable. Had we know ahead of time, we probably would have bought Pipelines (and enet cards for systems w/o them), but I may have a harder time pushing through a PO for more Ascend equipment. > *************************************************************** > At 06:03 PM 6/18/97 -0400, Dick Bailey wrote: > >I have tried repeatedly to get a Netwarp128 to work with my NT Workstation > >4.0. - No luck. Finally in dismay I called Ascend support, the tech was > >very helpful, but stated that the Netwarp128 wouldn't work with NT and > >offered to buy it back if I was unable to return it to the vendor. He did > >say they were working on new drivers and might have something available > >within 3-4 weeks. ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg05726.html">Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Kevin Smith <kevin@ascend.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05696.html">(ASCEND) Bad p130 upgrade bug</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05694.html">Re: (ASCEND) 12-card vs 16-card (56K)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05713.html">Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05726.html">Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail128.html#05695"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd48.html#05695"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>