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Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:50 pm**

The headline says it all: Do i have to reinsatll SFP when i switch my card's PCI slot?

Bosqoue!

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:56 pm**

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:22 pm**

The computer will probably re-detect the card but will then go off an re-install the sfp drivers using the inf file already installed on your computer. As far as the SFP application software, you shouldn't need to re-install.

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2003 6:54 pm**

If I plan on swapping board's slots, I first delete the boards from Device Manager. This makes sure the boards are properly re-detected. Once the devices are reinstalled, SFP should open just like before...

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:39 pm**

at0mic has a good point there, i moved my network card around once (irq-issues) and device manager displayed it as "3com network card #2" , "3com network card #3" and so on.

so remove the cards in device manager, switch pci, turn on computer, rock on!

Posted: **Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:57 pm**

This sounds like old Win98 crap to me. I've moved cards around before, and XP never had a problem. No, I'm not using ACPI. What OS are you using?

Shayne

Posted: **Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:00 pm**

i even changed motherboards and did not need to reinstall drivers for pulsar/scope boards.

format?? wtf is that

using same image since win98-ME-XP

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Neutron on 2003-10-04 23:02 ]</font>

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:39 pm**

turning 'show all devices' on in dev manager can reveal many interesting positions if you don't delete stuff...

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:11 pm**

I have reinstalled some PCI under XP and nothing happend either, everything was properly managed by the OS itself.

Posted: **Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:06 pm**

good advice,michu.

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Changing PCI slots - do i have to reinstall