Moving my data acquisition system to a new computer, I found that inserting the PCI-MXI 2 card prevents the PC from rebooting (it does not even start the VGA output of the graphic card).
This happens even when PCI-MXI 2 is the only card on the PCI slots (but the AGP graphic card). I have tried all the available slots in the motherboard and teh problem is the same.
I wonder if that can be an incompatibility with the motherboard , which is a MSI 745 Ultra from Micro-Star(based on MS-6561 and SiS 745 chipset).
What makes me worry is that all the PCI slots are assigned IRQ>15 (and trying to force a lower number from the BIOS apparently does not work).
The nearest thing I found in the knowledgebase is document 1BKCEUL1, where, on point 5
it is stated that if multiple PCI bridges are used on the motherboard, some PCI cards may need to run under the first PCI bridge.
Given the IRQ used by the PCI slots, may it be that this is the case and one PCI bridge is used by the motherboard to control some built-in devices (audio card), and another one for the AGP and PCI slots?
Is there a solution?