[wellylug] IRQ Conflict?

[Jethro Carr]

On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 16:25 +1300, Jp Wise wrote:
> LOL. like the comment.
> 
> The IRQ's on PCI devices are usually mapped to a series of well, 
> channels is the best word I can think of.
> 
> If you have a look in the manual they'll normally have like A, B, C, D 
> and corresponding IRQ addresses that are normally mapped to them. Each 
> PCI slot and any onboard pci devices will be on a channel, that channel 
> sharing whichever irq it's assigned.
> In most cases the AGP it's closest PCI slot will share an IRQ. PCI Slot 
> 1 & 5 Often share an IRQ aswell. 
> 
> You can quite often see some of it in Bios aswell. In the section on 
> interrupts if you change it from Auto to Manual it will allow you to 
> change or reserve interrupts (for legacy isa devices), but you can't 
> change it on an individual card basis.
> 
> Your best bet would be to have a look in the manual if you have one, or 
> move the card to another slot, then jump into bios and see what it's 
> shared with now. If you don't have very many PCI slots in use you should 
> be able to find one that's not sharing with the sound without too much 
> of an issue.

cheers Jp & Josh,

I'll move the PCI cards about a bit and will see how I get on. I'll do
it in a couple of days when I do a RAM upgrade.


-- 
Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com>


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