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Q81988: MCA Network Cards that Need to Be Manually Excluded

Article: Q81988
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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