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Appendix A - Troubleshooting
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Appendix A - Troubleshooting
An ACB Developers Toolkit Diskette is supplied with the Sealevel Systems adapter and will be used in the
troubleshooting procedures. By using this diskette and following these simple steps, most common problems can be
eliminated without the need to call Technical Support.
1. Identify all I/O adapters currently installed in your system. This includes your on-board serial ports, controller
cards, sound cards etc. The I/O addresses used by these adapters, as well as the IRQ (if any) should be
identified.
2. Configure your Sealevel Systems adapter so that there is no conflict with currently installed adapters. No two
adapters can occupy the same I/O address.
3. Make sure the Sealevel Systems adapter is using a unique IRQ. While the Sealevel Systems adapter does allow
the sharing of IRQs, many other adapters (i.e. SCSI adapters & on-board serial ports) do not. The IRQ is
typically selected via an on-board header block. Refer to the section on Card Setup for help in choosing an I/O
address and IRQ.
4. Make sure the Sealevel Systems adapter is securely installed in a motherboard slot.
5. Use the supplied diskette and User Manual to verify that the Sealevel Systems adapter is configured correctly.
The supplied diskette contains a diagnostic program ‘SSDACB’ that will verify if an adapter is configured
properly. Refer to the ‘UTIL.txt’ file found in the \UTIL sub-directory on the supplied diskette for detailed
instructions on using ‘SSDACB’.
6. The following are known I/O conflicts:
• 3F8-3FF is typically reserved for COM1:
• 2F8-2FF is typically reserved for COM2:
• 3E8-3EF is typically reserved for COM3:
• 2E8-2EF is typically reserved for COM4: