> >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. > That just does not make any sense. It would _not_ have been > released if this was a known problem - if by some stretch it was > released, then we would have included a "known problems" sheet > with the product. > Drivers to fix this problem were posted on the FTP site on May 8. Kevin, help me out here. In the sentence above, you acknowledge the problem by saying that drivers to fix this problem were posted to your ftp site (which is true because we found them there), but in the previous paragraph, you say the product would not have released with this known problem. None of the cards we bought had "known problems" sheet. If you want them, we have the diskettes that came in the shrink-wrapped packages that contain the drivers with the bug. > >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. > PLEASE note that despite these issues, which may be very significant, > there *are* customers using the NW/NWPro without any of them. Tech support > are working on identifying why there is a difference, and will have systems > being setup to replicate as many PC configurations as possible. Ok. You get the benefit of the doubt. The reason I posted was to find someone who had the card/driver working reliably. Please have someone who has them working contact me. I'd like to know their system configs and what they did to get them working. ++ 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="msg05747.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="msg05736.html">Re: (ASCEND) T1 and HSSI</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05733.html">(ASCEND) Livingston Office Router Problem... (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05723.html">Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05747.html">Re: (ASCEND) Experience with NetWarp128 and NetWarpPro?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail126.html#05737"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd48.html#05737"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>