Force IRQs On GA-7DXR

[Haselmaier]

I have a GA-7DXR with the Award BIOS. My system is unstable (dies every 2-3 days) and my video card supplier recommends that the video card have its own IRQ. Right now my NIC and video card share an IRQ.

How do I force IRQ settings in the Award BIOS? I don't understand the BIOS screens and the Gigabyte manual. Right now it appears to put the NIC and video card into a "group" (called 'INT A' in the BIOS) and an IRQ is assigned to that group.

Any idea how I force the AGP slot to have its own IRQ? More details:
GA-7DXR with 1.2GHz CPU
256MB DDR Crucal RAM
40GB 7200RPM HDD
eVGA GeForce2/MX200 64MB video card
24x Sony CD-ROM
24x Yamaha CD-RW
WinXP Home with all critical updates/patches

Thanks.

Jim

 

[camieabz]

Is your NIC in PCI slot 1?

If so, move it out of there.

You could try moving the card to another slot if possible. It's easier than messing with the IRQs.

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