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Nuts
December 7th 03, 09:08 PM
try assigning IRQ3 to comm port 1 in bios, and make sure
all other IRQ's are available. this should force windows
to reassign the other settings to new IRQ's.

nuts
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Is there anyway to fix this?
>It looks like my MB is assigning other values at boot up
(screen flashjes to
>fast to read) but windows is assigning IRQ 3 to whatever
it can. (see end of
>message)
>
>I've tried unistalliong these various devices including
the PIC driver, PCI
>bus driver but this is what I get and windows doesn't
tun well with
>everything on IRQ 3!!
>
>
>If you got suggestion please reply to

>
>thanks
>
>Motherboard : ePox EP-8KTA3+
>IRQ Usage Summary:
>(ISA) 0 System timer
>(ISA) 1 Easy Internet Keyboard
>(ISA) 3 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
>(PCI) 3 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
>(PCI) 3 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller
>(PCI) 3 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host
Controller
>(PCI) 3 VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
>(PCI) 3 Texas Instruments PCI-1420 CardBus Controller
>(PCI) 3 Texas Instruments PCI-1420 CardBus Controller
>(ISA) 3 Novatel Wireless CDMA 1.9GHz Modem Parent **
This connected to
>the "PCI"-1420 above why ISA here ?
>(ISA) 3 Novatel Wireless CDMA 1.9GHz Modem
>(ISA) 3 Novatel Wireless CDMA 1.9GHz Status Port
>(PCI) 3 ATI TV Wonder Video Capture
>(PCI) 3 HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller
>(ISA) 4 Communications Port (COM1)
>(ISA) 8 System CMOS/real time clock
>(PCI) 10 ATI TV Wonder Audio Capture
>(ISA) 13 Numeric data processor
>(ISA) 14 Primary IDE Channel
>(ISA) 15 Secondary IDE Channel
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Ted
December 7th 03, 09:10 PM
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:45:48 -0400 >
wrote:

> I have 3 items on IRQ 16, 2 on IRQ 19, 2 on IRQ 20, 2 on IRQ 21 and
> 2 on IRQ 22.

Err.. I thought hardware IRQs only ranged from 0 to 15 ?


Ted.

Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)
December 7th 03, 09:10 PM
At the bios level, that is correct. At the O/S level it is an entirely
different story!

"Ted" > wrote in message
. ..
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:45:48 -0400 >
> wrote:
>
> > I have 3 items on IRQ 16, 2 on IRQ 19, 2 on IRQ 20, 2 on IRQ 21 and
> > 2 on IRQ 22.
>
> Err.. I thought hardware IRQs only ranged from 0 to 15 ?
>
>
> Ted.

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