[Fwd: [AG-TECH] help Ospray 200 on Dell Precision 420 problem]

Donald J Lewis djlewis at ualr.edu
Fri Jun 29 17:07:33 CDT 2001


My DELL 420's are marked Dell DP/N 0009410w rev a03
BIOS A06
The boards also have a DELL copyright logo in the center.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
Behalf Of Gary Orser
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:11 PM
To: Donald J Lewis
Cc: Russ Wolf; lujian; ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [AG-TECH] help Ospray 200 on Dell Precision 420
problem]



Mine is:

Celestica A03 Motherboard
Precision 420 A07 bios

Cheers, Gary
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Gary Orser , (406) 994-6451, orser at nervana.montana.edu
Montana State University
Center for Computational Biology
1 Lewis Hall, Bozeman MT, 59717

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Donald J Lewis wrote:

> So this may go back to what someone said about DELL using different
> manufacturers
> to make their motherboards?
> 	Have not been able to test a fourth? What can you tell me about
> your motherboard rev # and BIOS version?
> Don Lewis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
> Behalf Of Gary Orser
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:03 PM
> To: Donald J Lewis
> Cc: Russ Wolf; lujian; ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: [AG-TECH] help Ospray 200 on Dell Precision 420
> problem]
>
>
>
> This may be motherboard dependent:
>
> I have 3 Hauppage cards working in a Dell 420.
>
> The 4th won't work in the PCI 2.2 slot(s) until the 2.4 kernel.
>
> Cheers, Gary
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Gary Orser , (406) 994-6451, orser at nervana.montana.edu
> Montana State University
> Center for Computational Biology
> 1 Lewis Hall, Bozeman MT, 59717
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Donald J Lewis wrote:
>
> > Don't bother trying the Hauppage cards in the Dell 420.
> > IT DON"T WORK for more than two cards. A PCI bus bridgeing
> > problem is built into the DELL motherboard preventing them
> > working. We are now on a ASUS mb using four video capture
> > cards (hauppage) and cameras and it has been working for several days.
> > I can give spec's if anyone is interested.
> > Don Lewis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
> > Behalf Of Russ Wolf
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:47 AM
> > To: lujian; ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: [Fwd: [AG-TECH] help Ospray 200 on Dell Precision 420 problem]
> >
> >
> > Lujian,
> >
> > do you kow which (manufacturer model) motherboard you have in this
> > precision 420 ?  Dell has used a bunch in this model system.  PCI slots
> > behave wierd on some motherboards depending on how they actually set
> > them up - often they share resources so you have to get the cards in the
> > right combination positions to make things work.
> >
> > I would suggest using one card move it from slot to slot until you
> > confirm that at least a single slot works/dosent work then try a card
> > different from the osprey - like a hauppague or another capture card -
> > compare results.
> >
> > 	-Russ 'the hardware dective' Wolf
> > 	 Boston University
> >
> > lujian wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >         I installed 3 Ospray 200 video cards  on my Dell precision
420.
> > >
> > >         3 VIC works, and can capture 3 video sources.
> > >
> > >         But the VICs does not work long on that machine, in 2~3
minutes,
> > the 3 VIC crashed one by one.
> > >
> > >         And I try just one Ospray, the same result: in a few minutes
VIC
> > crashed.
> > >
> > >         But when I install the Ospray 200 on other kind machines, the
> VIC
> > does not crash( from 1 card to 3 card, they all works ok).
> > >
> > >     I even reinstalled W2k on that DEll precision 420, it didn't help.
> > >
> > >         I heard Dell Precision 420 may have trouble on the last PCI
> slot,
> > but I didn't use the last PCI slot.
> > >
> > >         The OS of all machines are W2k with SP2.
> > >
> > >     Has anyone ever installed Ospray 200 on Dell 420 workstation?
> > >
> > >         Thanks a lot!
> >
>




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