I just recently discovered you can install windows in non ACPI, (standard mode instead?)

Anyways, does that mean that you manually asign IRQ settings to all pieces of hardware? or is that only part of it?

Could somebody please explain what installing WinXP in non ACPI mode would do, what are the pros and cons of doing this? thanks!!


My main interest is because I just bought a new high end sound recording soundcard, and problem is windows assigns in with an IRQ of 16 which is shared with my video card. Plus I hear any IRQ assignment over 15 is actually a "virtual" IRQ, since there are only 15 physical IRQs. Ive tried switching PCI slots and everything. Would installing in non ACPI also help me here? thanks