Problems with Sound and PCI Graphic

[drago]

I'm so glad, that my soundproblems are solved now.
I experienced major sound problems when watching
Video CDs or even when playing games.
Now i found out that the problem was definetly connected
with my Vodoo 3 card when i replaced it with an AGP card.
Now my systems runs with an AGP card and no more problems at all.
But why? Was it the bios i flashed on my Vodoo 3?
Any suggestions?

My system:

AMD Athlon 1.4 Ghz
250 MB DDR Apacaer
Geforce 2 MX 400 (Before Vodoo 3 PCI)
PCI Soundacard
K7S5A

[ski]

There was probably an IRQ or I/O conflict between your sound card and the Voodoo PCI card.

[drago]

No - aeeeeett. Wrong answer. I tried out any possible combination Sound card in Slot 1, Video in 2 - Sound in 4 Video in 1 and so on. Any settings concerning the bios -> allocate IRQ for Graphic, do not alloquate.

[ski]

Please read my response. It says 'probably'.
Also, changing PCI slots does not necessarily change the cards' IRQ's and/or I/O's.
And Windows, not BIOS, controls the IRQ settings, unless PnP is disabled.

[drago]

Oh, sorry. "Probably" could be right. Just wanted to say that there was no conflict between Sound and Video Card. But indeed Windows showed me something like a controller-conflict concerning something like IRQ-Controller or so. Probably I'll never find out.

[ranchdog]

K7S5A is very touchy about which PCI cards it likes to play with.
(PCI anything). VooDoo included. Boards Version 4 and later especially.

AGP Video is the solution.

So in answer to your question.... It's a Mboard incompatability.

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