"Secondary PCI bus" on CUSL2

[RedRooster]

Ok, here we go again, I'm thinking I got spoiled with all my Abits, this Asus is puzzling me.
I currently only have two expansion cards, an AGP GeForce, and a PCI MX300 soundcard.
Now, my problem is, when I install the soundcard and boot, I get prompted to install the drivers for it, of course, and I install the reference ones when it asks for them, but it then tells me that my "Vortex adapter is not plugged into the primary PCI bus. Joysticks, etc. may not work when on a secondary PCI bus. Do you wish to keep seeing this message?". I've tried every single PCI slot and it does the exact same thing, I've fiddled around in the BIOS, changing any settings that look like they have something to do with it, but no luck.
Has anyone had this problem??

 

[RedRooster]

Well, I think I found the problem, known problem with the Aureal chipset, but it still should work.
http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=49648&messageid=965352295
There's the website, and if this doesn't work, I'm going to get a Live!

Just a reference if anyone ever has this problem and searches for this.
Let this thread drop now boys, let er drop.

 

[DO97]

The only problem that you get when you try to use that chipset with the CUSL2 is that you won't get Sound Blaster emulation in DOS and you don't get the support for MPU-401, which means no MIDIs. Also, your joystick port doesn't work. Other than that the sound card wokrs fine. Check out www.cusl2.com. Go to the FAQ and look at the small article on this exact issue. Good luck.

dave

 

[Peter]

The problem is that, on Intel 8xx chipsets, the proprietary bus that connects the chipset parts logically counts as the primary PCI bus. The PCI slots, hanging off the ICH, are on what looks like a secondary PCI bus behind a PCI-to-PCI bridge.

Unlike real bridged PCI bus however, full address decode space is available on the i8xx PCI bus, and ISA compatible devices may well work.

So your joystick decoder (which has to be ISA) should work. Just ignore the message.


btw, more chipsets using such an architecture are on the way. VIA's DDR offerings also use a faster-than-PCI "V-Link" proprietary bus to connect the chipset, and AMD's "Lightning Data Transport" also steps away from using the PCI bus for inter-chipset traffic.

Regards, Peter