Ron Minnich <rminnich@mini.sarnoff.com>  wrote:
 > I'm still stuck here. the 509 cards work fine in one pc, and don't work 
 > in two others. The ones that they don't work in have a newer ami bios 
 > which does have one menu screen mentioning plug and play. I haven't 
 > figured out if i have disabled that part of the bios, the docs i have are 
 > worthless.

Oh. hmm.. You mean the same card when transferred from one pc to another
causes different behaviour?  Be afraid.

 > So i have to disable plug and play on the 509, and then it won't matter 
 > what bios i have? 

That's the impression I've been given.  I personally don't have *any*
machines that exhibit this problem so I'm going on information gathered
from others.  I'd appreciate you playing around a bit and sending me 
some more detailed summary information. It's the only way I'll eventually
be able to solve the problem correctly.

Try disabling plugh-and-slay on the 3c509 and see what happens...