Hi Philippe, I will try this modem in a PCI 2.3 system and let everybody know what the result is...(hopefully I have another system which will work) :-) Thank you agin for your assistance! [ BTW, sorry about the return receipt request, I enabled that a long time ago and just start using this Mail.app installation again...(oops!) ] -Chris On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Philippe Vouters wrote: > > Chris, > > I had a look at your motherboard features. It mentions PCI 2.2 in the > BIOS Features section of the document at > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/P4/845/P4SGE.cfm > Unless BIOS selectable, this should differ from a PCI 2.3 compliant > bus. > > This could possibly explain the problems you are facing with the SI3052 > chip initialization within the Intel's binary code (537core.lib) part of > the 537 driver. > -- > sip:Vouters.Philippe@xxxxxxxxx > IM: philvout (Yahoo!) > http://vouters.dyndns.org/ > Philippe Vouters (Fontainebleau/France) > > > > -------- Message initial -------- > De: Chris Tracy <chris.t.tracy@xxxxxxxxx> > À: Philippe Vouters <Philippe.Vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx>, Bjorn Wielens > <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx>, discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marvin Stodolsky > <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> > Sujet: Re: Intel 537EP - driver loads but cannot use modem > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:51:35 -0500 > > Hi Philippe, > > Thank you for taking a look at this problem! > > As far as I can tell, I cannot configure PCI clock speeds in the BIOS of this particular machine. I have had issues with HD capture cards in PCI-X slots, which needed similar treatment, and have seen some motherboards that allow you to tweak this even on a per-slot basis. However, I did take a look at the motherboard manual... > > My SuperMicro 5013G-M 1U server contains a SuperMicro P4SGE motherboard. The motherboard manual states: > > Expansion Slots: > Five 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI slots (P4SGR/P4SGE) > BIOS: > APM 1.2, DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0, Plug and Play (PnP) > > So, it does not look like my system is PCI 2.3 compliant, but all of the slots should already be running at 33 MHz. > > I believe that I am already running the latest BIOS rev available for my system, so maybe my only option is to try another system which is known to be PCI 2.3 compliant...? I did notice in the manual that I have a "Resource Controller By" BIOS option which is currently set to "Auto <ESCD>". This appears to be the way to turn PnP on/off on my system. I haven't tried switching to "Manual" yet... > > I will wait to see what others think about the "537EPG" markings that Bjorn asked about. :-) > > Thanks! > -Chris > > > On Mar 7, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Philippe Vouters wrote: > >> >> Dear Chris, >> >> With my ASRock motherboard, the AGP/PCI clock speed is selectable under >> the BIOS. Can you set the PCI clock speed to either 33 Mhz (best) or >> 66/33 Mhz (if not more accurately selectable) under your BIOS and >> reboot ? Then you'll tell us the result using minicom. >> Regards, >> -- >> sip:Vouters.Philippe@xxxxxxxxx >> IM: philvout (Yahoo!) >> http://vouters.dyndns.org/ >> Philippe Vouters (Fontainebleau/France) >> >> >> >> -------- Message initial -------- >> De: Bjorn Wielens <Uniacke1@xxxxxxxx> >> À: Philippe Vouters <Philippe.Vouters@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx>, Chris Tracy >> <chris.t.tracy@xxxxxxxxx>, discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marvin Stodolsky >> <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx> >> Sujet: Re: Intel 537EP - driver loads but cannot use modem >> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:30:04 -0400 >> >> I wonder if this is the same issue I ran in to last year when I picked >> up such a modem... >> Also identified as a 537, but the board itself was from a Dell system, >> and branded "537EPG". >> >> Chris, can you examine the back of your board? Does it say "537EP" or >> "537EPG"? >> >> If there are distinguishing marks, it will at least be easier to >> determine whether this is a hardware or a software limitation. >> >> Bjorn. >> >> >> On 03/07/2010 04:11 PM, Philippe Vouters wrote: >>> >>> Antonio, >>> >>>> From intel-536-537/makefile_537, PCIDEV=8086:1080 well corresponds to a >>> 537EP modem absolutely handled by the >>> http://vouters.dyndns.org/Intel/intel-536EP-537EP_2010_01_06.tar.bz2 >>> What brings an uncertainty between 536EP and 537SP is PCIDEV=8086:1040 >>> >>> Now Chris is facing a problem with his 537EP modem in modem_init (see >>> kernel stack trace). >>> >>> There is not much I can do to help as the code involved resides in >>> 537_core.lib which has always been Intel's proprietary code and shipped >>> in binary format. This is all the problem with Winmodems. >>> >>> Regards, >> >> >> > > > >
