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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 1996 10:43:37 +0900
From:      Toshihiro Kanda <candy@fct.kgc.co.jp>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        candy@fct.kgc.co.jp (Toshihiro Kanda), questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 3c509 : How can I erase the "pencil mark"? 
Message-ID:  <199603140143.KAA27505@xxx.fct.kgc.co.jp>
In-Reply-To: <199603131802.LAA08633@phaeton.artisoft.com> 

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Spasebo to Justin T. Gibbs and Terry Lambert.

In message <199603131802.LAA08633@phaeton.artisoft.com>, Terry Lambert writes:
> > My FreeBSD 2.1.0R says:
> > 
> >  'ep0: 3c5x9 at 0x300 in test mode. Erase pencil mark!'
> > 
> > Hmm... I've ever heard this was not a joke, though I couldn't find the
> > document.  How can I use this card under FreeBSD?
> 
> It believes the card is in self-test mode, which is generally set by
> marginally decreasing inductance across a junction:
> 
>       ,.
> -----(||)---
>       `'
>        ^gap
> 
> By scribbling across the gap with a pencil.
> 
> You can either:
> 
> 1)	Turn *off* "PlugNPlay"
> 
> 2)	Update your driver to one that understands "PlugNPlay" cards
> 	(basically, update your OS to -current if the PNP code has
> 	been integrated).

  I turned off PnP by `3C5X9CFG.EXE' and now it works well!  Thank
you!

candy@fct.kgc.co.jp (Toshihiro Kanda)




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