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Part No. 09-1332-001
Published July 1998

 

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These release notes provide 3Com

 

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PCI network interface card (3C359 NIC) information on the 
following topics:

 

 

3C359 NIC compatibility with some platforms

 

 

NBI NLM file copy procedure for NetWare server 
installations

 

 

Corrections to the user guide

 

3C359 NIC Compatibility

 

3Com tested the 3C359 NIC on over 100 different 
computer platforms. You can view the list of successfully 
tested platforms at the 3Com World Wide Web site:

 

http://www.3com.com/

 

During quality assurance testing, the following computers 
exhibited compatibility issues:

 

 

AST Bravo MS-T (models 5133, 5200)

 

 

Compaq Proliant 800

 

 

DEC Venturis 5/75

 

 

IBM PC 330 (models 6560, 6575)

 

 

NEC PowerMate V133

If you experience a compatibility problem, 3Com 
recommends making the following changes to your 
system’s configuration to resolve the issue. You can try any 
of these steps or all of them.

 

1 Move the 3C359 NIC to another PCI slot, preferably 

one close to the motherboard.

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