IRQ's

[Balrog]

Ok, I was wondering about IRQ's.

I have loads of PCI cards that I want to fit to my PC but I am worried about IRQ conflicts. How can I tell which devices are happy to share IRQ's and which wont?

Im fairly positive that sound cards and video cards NEED their own IRQ's but I have no idea about the rest.

Can anyone help me out by explaining how they work.

Thanks.

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Benjamin Kelly
kellydesign@hotmail.com

[mjc]

Alot is rather dependant upon what operating system you are running...DOS needs to have things assigned manually and everything on its own, while XP is rather good at PnP...16 "real" IRQs and 8 "virtual" ones, it tends to assign everything to just a few and then assign "virtual IRQs" as needed, doing so better than previous versions of Windows.

So it is hard to say what exactly needs to be done...PnP is improving but it isn't quite a cure-all yet.....more details about what you've got and what you are trying to set up would help.


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mjc
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[Balrog]

PC Specs
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PIII Slot 1 550
128 SD 100 Ram
Asus 5pci/1agp mobo
5500rpm 4.0gb HDD (primary)
7200rpm 19.0gb HDD (secondary)
250w power
Geforce 64mb 400mx
Creative 1024 Live!
Creative 8x DVD-ROM
HP 4x/2x/10x CD-rewriter
Floppy disk drive
Ethernet 10/100 mbs

Win98

Additional perehpherals

HP 3300 Scanner
Logictech Cordless keyboard
Microsof Wheelmouse

All I want to do is install my DV editing card without any conflicts arising. I hope u can point me in the right direction. Thanks

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Benjamin Kelly
kellydesign@hotmail.com

[This message has been edited by Balrog (edited 05-29-2002).]