WninXP and IRQs

Ok I know we can share IRQS but these seens strange.
Video Card (Gforce2mx)
Sound (Live Value)
Nic (Fa311, linksys)
USB (VIA)
all on IRQ 11

I moved my cards around, checked my bios settings, changed what I could but system keeps wanting to but all this on the same IRQ(11). System also has teh change settings box 'greyed" out.

Any suggestions?

It is called ACPI, to which you cannot reassign resources within windows without changing the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) to Standard PC. It is a more advanced way of allowing the operating system to shaer resources better, although in practice, it can create a lot more problems (especially if you are using non-busmaster capable PCI devices)

You could try this though, if you are very worried about it or it is giving you problems, but it may not work, but it does the vast majority of the time.

• Open Device manager
• Expand the 'Computer' section of the device tree
• Double click Advanced Configuration & Power Interface PC
• Click the Driver tab, then Update Driver
• On the new pop-up box, select 'Install from list or specific location (advanced)'
• Select 'Don't search'
• Uncheck the box on next screen for 'Show COmpatiable Hardware'
• Select Standard {PC from list
• Finish the installation & reboot.
• Windows will then redetect the hardware again, and will then use the Hardware assigned resources, as set in teh BIOS & the actual hardware itself.

If this doesn't work (it does on 2 of the systems here with XP on and the other one it won't), then the only way to sort this out, is to reinstall XP and press F5 where it says to Press F6 to install a third party controller (yes I know it says F6 but F5 allows you to change the HAL selection)


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