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All I want to do is verify that a new PCI card that we have developed works
with PCI Hot Plug. However, my company has never had a system to test this
on. So they did the cheap thing and bought some old server (a Compaq
Proliant 6400R, 500 MHz Zeon, 256 MB mem). Sure enough, this has PCI Hot
Plug slots, but it's the devil to get this working. First I installed
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, but had no success in accessing the Hot Plug
hardware. Then I installed Server 2003 and saw in DeviceManager that the
Compaq Hot Plug Controllers were both recognized by the OS and had a
standard in-the-box driver (CPQPHP.SYS) controlling them. However, I cannot
figure out how to make this work. When I open up "Safely Remove Hardware"
(via control.exe hotplug.dll), it shows me an empty list. From my
understanding, any PnP compliant PCI card should be hot-pluggable. I have a
RealTek NIC and a Compaq NIC (I think it is a 169849-001) in the slots, but
cannot remove them. I've also tried pushing the Hot Plug buttons above the
slots, but nothing happens. This tells me that either I need to upgrade the
mother board FW or the MS CPQPHP.SYS driver does not work for the 6400R.
Any suggestions?
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with PCI Hot Plug. However, my company has never had a system to test this
on. So they did the cheap thing and bought some old server (a Compaq
Proliant 6400R, 500 MHz Zeon, 256 MB mem). Sure enough, this has PCI Hot
Plug slots, but it's the devil to get this working. First I installed
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, but had no success in accessing the Hot Plug
hardware. Then I installed Server 2003 and saw in DeviceManager that the
Compaq Hot Plug Controllers were both recognized by the OS and had a
standard in-the-box driver (CPQPHP.SYS) controlling them. However, I cannot
figure out how to make this work. When I open up "Safely Remove Hardware"
(via control.exe hotplug.dll), it shows me an empty list. From my
understanding, any PnP compliant PCI card should be hot-pluggable. I have a
RealTek NIC and a Compaq NIC (I think it is a 169849-001) in the slots, but
cannot remove them. I've also tried pushing the Hot Plug buttons above the
slots, but nothing happens. This tells me that either I need to upgrade the
mother board FW or the MS CPQPHP.SYS driver does not work for the 6400R.
Any suggestions?
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