MundoDragon
December 27th 03, 01:25 PM
Okay, here's the deal. I disabled the sound card, then
reenabled it and it took IRQ 5, which is assigned to my
GeForce2 card. Now, maybe if I disable and enable enough
times, the damn thing will choose an unused IRQ
eventually.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a question. I recently subscribed to cable
>internet service. Now prior to this, I always kept my
>onboard NIC disabled for obvious reasons (ie. 'Cable is
>unplugged' message on Windows XP. Well, since I enabled
>my NIC, I have been having problems with my computer
just
>completely freezing when I play any kind of game. If I
>just stay on the desktop, everything runs smooth. I
>looked in Device Manager and I noticed that my NIC and
my
>sound card are both using the same IRQ. Although Windows
>XP says that there are no conflicts, could this be the
>problem and if so, how do I change the IRQ's because the
>Change Setting button is greyed out and there is no way
>to enable it. I am logged on under and administrator
>account too, by the way. This has been driving me
insane,
>as I can't do ANYTHING on my computer besides sit and
>stare at the screen. Thank you for your time and I'm
VERY
>anxiously awaited (and hoping) for a reply.
>.
>
reenabled it and it took IRQ 5, which is assigned to my
GeForce2 card. Now, maybe if I disable and enable enough
times, the damn thing will choose an unused IRQ
eventually.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a question. I recently subscribed to cable
>internet service. Now prior to this, I always kept my
>onboard NIC disabled for obvious reasons (ie. 'Cable is
>unplugged' message on Windows XP. Well, since I enabled
>my NIC, I have been having problems with my computer
just
>completely freezing when I play any kind of game. If I
>just stay on the desktop, everything runs smooth. I
>looked in Device Manager and I noticed that my NIC and
my
>sound card are both using the same IRQ. Although Windows
>XP says that there are no conflicts, could this be the
>problem and if so, how do I change the IRQ's because the
>Change Setting button is greyed out and there is no way
>to enable it. I am logged on under and administrator
>account too, by the way. This has been driving me
insane,
>as I can't do ANYTHING on my computer besides sit and
>stare at the screen. Thank you for your time and I'm
VERY
>anxiously awaited (and hoping) for a reply.
>.
>