Is It Possible To Assign IRQs In Win2K

[4Ryan6]

In Win98SE I had everything assigned to their respective required IRQs, but so far no matter what the heck I do Win2K is determined to assign IRQ 11 to about 4 items that should not even work together but do, Win98SE would have long ago crashed in a blaze of glory, but somehow Win2K is still going, I even disabled my serial ports that I wasn't using to free up IRQ 3 & 4, but I can't get Win2K to reassign and use them. Whats the deal here can Win2K just handle all these things on one IRQ and I shouldn't worry about it or is it possible to reassign them. IRQ 11 has my Graphics, Sound, Lan, and ATA133 controller card all assigned, Whats Up Doc? Ryan




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[jlanka]

wow, I'm surprised you're an addict and have never heard of <A HREF="http://65.68.55.12/inetpub/ftproot/win2k_irq_sharing.htm" target="_new">ACPI IRQ sharing</A>

Anyway, it's perfectly OK. As long as you're not having some wierd unexplained problem, leave it that way.

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[4Ryan6]

Thanks jlanka I became an addict in the Win98SE realm and just recently switched to Win2K, the Info link you left was very helpful. Thanks Again Ryan




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[lhgpoobaa]

Yeah, usually IRQ sharing isnt a problem. However if it is it's a pain in the bott-bott to rectify... either you disable APCI and loose its functions or you try swapping around PCI slots.

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