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Bad PCI Card

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 10:45 am
by Sivasakthi
Hi All

If I insert a bad PCI card in a PCI slot, Why the processor is not getting instructions?

How a processor knows about PCI card before executing instructiuons?

Best regards
Siva :x

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 2:07 pm
by NickS
The bad PCI card may be jamming some essential system signals. A simple case - it holds RESET low.