OMG - Please help with irq issue

[DWELLER]

Here's the config

Athlon XP 1800
Asus A7V 266-E
GForce 2/GTS video
3com 10/100 nic
SBLive Value sound
OS: Windows XP

Problem:
ALL cards (3com, SBLive, Gforce 2) are using IRQ 9.
This causes lock-ups and weird sounds when playing any type of game.

I CANNOT move ANY of these cards to another IRQ!!! I have tried pulling them all out except video and that sticks on IRQ 9. I then tried putting in just the sound card in different slots, stays on IRQ 9. I then set ALL slots in the bios to use IRQ 7 and set IRQ 9 as IN USE/ISA. STILL STUCK ON IRQ 9!!!

Arrrghhh... Please help. Has anyone found out a secret to moving these damn things around? WINXP makes it tougher since it doesnt look like you can manually force cards to new IRQ's (like in Win98).

I really appreciate any help anyone can provide as I am at my wits end!

Thanks,
Jon

 

[khha4113]

I CANNOT move ANY of these cards to another IRQ!!! I have tried pulling them all out except video and that sticks on IRQ 9. I then tried putting in just the sound card in different slots, stays on IRQ 9. I then set ALL slots in the bios to use IRQ 7 and set IRQ 9 as IN USE/ISA. STILL STUCK ON IRQ 9!!!

<b><A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=47" target="_new"><font color=red>Why are all my devices using one IRQ in Win2K or WinXP?</A></b></font color=red>
Your problem might be lying on something else as heat, CPU's core voltage or RAM.

Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.

 

[Guest]

Go into your bios and disable "paralle & serial ports" this will free up a few IRQ. Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

I was having a similar problem and here is how I fixed it. First I want into the BIOS and set "Plug and Play OS" to "NO" Then I reinstalled the os with only the graphix card in. Then I put in one card at a time and after each card I checked what IRQ it used, if I didnt like it I moved it to a different slot until I found the one I liked. I continued to do that until my Network card, my sound card (audigy, yes they work fine with VIA chipsets ), and my graphx card were all on different IRQ's.
Worked for me...good luck.

 

[sakattack]

I had the same problem with my on-board AC'97 sound chip in WinXP. After reinstalling the driver, AC'97 changed to IRQ 10 (as I could confirm in the Device Manager) and went on working properly.
However, after every new boot-up it would go back to IRQ 9 and I had to install the driver every time I booteed up! I couldn't figure out how to change that.

This & other driver problems made me change back to win2k where , even though there is also IRQ 9 sharing, I had no problem !