I have been having several IRQ sharing problems in 2 different computers with Win XP Pro, and no one seems to have an answer.
System #1 - P II 450, 192 RAM, 8 gig, integrated sound, Nividia TNT Video, el-cheapo ethernet, and a modem. Intel Mobo chipset.
Problem: Was working fine when I got it, albiet with lots of clutter. Network card worked, video worked well, etc. I even checked, out of curiosity, the IRQ's. The Ethernet was on 10, video on 11. To remove the clutter, I formatted. Now, with my clean computer, the sound, video, AND ethernet all want to be on 11. The ethernet card is not even registering on the hub (no light), except when attempting to set up networking, as it blinks ever so slightly before just giving up altogether. I know the card's cheap, but not broken, as it was working hours before.
system #2 - celeron 500, 128 Ram, 6 gig, TNT card, integrated sound, 3-com ethernet. VIa chipset with latest 4in 1's.
Problem - same issue, differant problem. All want to be on 11, but when you play a network game of UT, it's a slideshow, because both the network card and the video card aren't playing well together. I had to put in an old ATI rage card and a monster 2, while using someone's homemade drivers to get the thing to work. believe it or not it gets better framerates with the Monster II (something that shouldn't happen when compared with a TNT card using detonator drivers). the Monster card isn't taking up an IRQ from what I can tell.
Basically, no one seems to have an answer. All over the net I see this issue, and it's always followed by a naysayer ("Oh, I have one, and it works fine..."). That's all well and good that Joe's computer's working right with IRQ sharing, but everything I see screams IRQ conflict (even though it's not a registered "conflict", stuff ain't workin'.) I've tried your "Standard PC" settings as opposed to ACPI, all to no avail. I've disabled plug and play OS in BIOS (both of them). I just need a way to manually set the IRQ's. Even disabling 11 through BIOS makes everything on there jump to 5, and then to 3. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
~SilverWulf:(
