MCA Network Cards that Need to Be Manually Excluded

Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
Article ID: Q81988

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

The following Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) EtherCard network   adapters

are not detected by the Microsoft Windows version 3.1. These cards all have shared RAM areas that should be manually excluded to prevent Windows from using the same address range.

Western Digital         EtherCard PLUS/A      WD8003E/A or WD800ET/A
Western Digital         StarCard PLUS/A       WD8003ST/A
Western Digital         EtherCard PLUS 10T/A  WD8003W/A
Standard MicroSystems   EtherCard PLUS/A      SMC8013EP/A
Standard MicroSystems   EtherCard PLUS/A      SMC8013WP/A

MORE INFORMATION

To exclude the memory address range that any of these cards are using, load the SYSTEM.INI file into a text editor (for example, Notepad or MS-DOS 5.0 EDIT.COM) and add the following line to the [386Enh] section

   EMMEXCLUDE=<xxxx-yyyy>

where <xxxx-yyyy> is the address range in hexadecimal used by the network card. The total valid range is A000-FFFF.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbhw
KBSubcategory: Win31 WinMem
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
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