Microsoft KB Archive/81988

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MCA Network Cards that Need to Be Manually Excluded

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Q81988

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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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=" where  is the address range in hexadecimal used by the network card. The total valid range is A000-FFFF.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311