[Asterisk-Users] Re: hardware help ?

[M.Hockings]

Cosmin Prund wrote:
> Take a look on the Digium site for the requirements of the card. Most 
> likely the old computer can't handle the card.
> 
> M.Hockings wrote:
> 
>> I just bought an TDM400P card with one FXS port and a X101P FXO card 
>> to try and put together the beginnings of a PBX here.  The computer 
>> they are going in should arrive in a week.  So I thought I would start 
>> learning how to config the card in an IBM Aptiva we have here, an old 
>> 400Mhz P2 box.  However when I put the TDM400P in the box the machine 
>> won't POST.  Does this mean that the card is bad or that the machine 
>> can't handle this new PCI hardware?
>>
>> If it matters the cards were purchased online at voipdepot.ca just 
>> this week and arrived this morning.
>>
>> Mike
>>

Ahhh, I figured it out, what a dummy.  I was using the power connector 
from the DVD reader to power the TDM400P but didn't disconnect the 
signal cable from the DVD so the BIOS was hanging on trying to read the 
disks.

Mike