I/O Resource Setting Changes on each Boot-up

[Stephen]

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Refer to Resource tab found under:
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager >
Sound, Video and Game Controllers > [Right Click]
Properties of my SB Audigy Soundcard.

The I/O resource setting range changes on each boot-up for
this soundcard. Sometimes it begins with hex 9000, other
times it is hex C000 or hex A000. This is affecting the
ability of my speech recognition software to work properly
as it cannot find the card when it changes this way as the
name of the soundcard also changes from "SB Audigy Audio
[9000]" to "SB Audigy Audio [C000]' etc.

The IRQ does not change, nor are there any conflicts
reported by Windows.

Is there any way to force the Bios or Windows to make
soundcard always use the same I/O resource range settings?

 

[Guest]

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How good is the BIOS?

 

[Stephen]

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Hi

The BIOS should be good. The motherboard is a Gigabyte
GA-8INXP. The chipset is an Intel E7205. The BIOS has
the latest update and is an AWARD SOFTWARE INC BIOS -
Version F5 dated 12 September 2003. The motherboard
first came out around the end of 2002.

>-----Original Message-----
>How good is the BIOS?

 

[Guest]

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Certainly, you tried obvious: disabled any resources you don't need and
reinstalled chipset and audio drivers...
Is this a built-in audio which recognizes as Audigy? Do you have SATA disks?

 

[Stephen]

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Hi

Yes, I have disabled any resources I could find that did
not need to be on. I think I got them all. I have
reinstalled the chipset and audio drivers also. It is
not a built-in audio card, but a soundcard that is
currently plugged in the PCI5. I have also physically
changed the PCI port that the soundcard was plugged
into. The motherboard supports up to two SATA drives,
but I have not bought any as yet. I ahve also heard they
are not really worth putting in as the increase in
performance does not match the effort or expense.
However, I have not looked into using a SATA hard disk at
this point, so what I have heard could be cquite
erroneous.

Regards

>-----Original Message-----
>Certainly, you tried obvious: disabled any resources you
don't need and
>reinstalled chipset and audio drivers...
>Is this a built-in audio which recognizes as Audigy? Do
you have SATA disks?
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[Guest]

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I'm told about some issues on that motherboard WITH SATA disks and other
resources. Do not use PCI1/5 slots unless you must
If you boot into good MS-DOS and run 'msd', you get a memory map. If
simultaneous boots assign the different I/O, the BIOS is bad. To be on the
safe side, replace the soundblaster first, then the motherboard.