TinyHeathen75

Right now I am testing Windows 98 SE on a machine that has proven to be rather problematic since I got it. The Video card and onboard LAN insist on sharing IRQs,and this leads to a problem in wich the monitor goes blank for a moment, it does this a few times and then the entire computer locks up. First I had W2K on it and after going rounds with it(and losing) I gave up and decided to see if I could use 98SE to solve my problem. Well with 98SE it is possible to set IRQs unlike in W2K, but whenever I manually set IRQs it will not boot past the Win98 screen. I have already added the memory info to the VCache section of the system.ini file(am running 1 gig of RAM). My question is, do certian memory-I/O ranges go with certian IRQs? I remember reading somewhere that Win98 is good about not booting past the Win98 splash screen on startup if there is memory issues. Anyways...any help someone can give me would be great. system specs K7VTA3 mobo VIA KT333 & VT8235 chipset 1 gig PC2700 DDR RAM (2x512) BFG nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 128Mb/s

HHMMM New problem....I managed a workaround on the original problem. I took the LAN card out of my old system and installed it on the new one after disabling the onboard LAN. Now everthing has its own IRQ in Bios. THIS IS A GOOD THING...LOL. The problem is now W2K is completely igoring the BIOS IRQ assignments and shoving everything onto 7. WTF!?!?!? Am I missing something here? I need HELP! Thanx

Wiz, the Sims 2 will run on you computer. I had it running on my cousins computer while I was waiting for my new system to get finished. it only had 128 mbs of RAM. The game ran horribly slow and incredibly glitchy...but it ran. I also had it running on my new system that had 256 RAM installed. The game ran just fine.

If you are still having the same problem...try this simple fix I discovered after trying many differant solutions to the same problem. Get a new IDE cable. lol. After about 3 months of fighting with my computer I had almost giving up, then like magic, after I put in a spare that I had gotten for my new system, Poof no more problems.

Try this link. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...DisplayLang=en It should take you to the download page on the microsoft website.

I have already made sure I have the most appropriate drivers and BIOS. The problem is that the PnP BIOS and OS dont see a problem with the onboard NIC, Sound, and USB ports and aftermarket Video Card all sharing an IRQ. Since Winblows does not see a problem it does not allow me to change settings. The BIOS claims it allows IRQs to be assigned, but really all it does is allow me to reserve IRQs for ISA use. This then moves all the stuff from IRQ 11 to IRQ 10, and sometimes the Sound drops to IRQ 5 and some of the USBs drop to IRQ 7 and sometimes IRQ 5 or IRQ 3. The major problem is the NIC and Video sharing an IRQ. Once again thanks for any help you all might be able to offer. ECS K7VTA3 mobo (chipset is from VIA Tech. not sure what one) AMD Sempron 2.4 gig processer NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 (not 400 as mentioned in my last post)

:x I just had a new system put together. I have been running 2k as an upgrade on my old system without problems for a few years. As a full install on the new system though, it is leaving something to be desired. With ACPI support enabled in the BIOS I end up with all USB ports,onboard sound, onboard LAN, and AGP video adapter all trying to use IRQ 11. I read on the Microsux Knowledge Base that by reinstalling 2k without ACPI enabled in the BIOS I should be able to wrest control of the IRQ assignments from both the BIOS and OS. I have met with limited success, as now the sound uses IRQ 5 and USB controllers use 3 and 7. The onboard LAN and video card still want to use the same IRQ. This has caused me no end of trouble and I am about to scrap the whole system unless I can find an answer. Thank you all in advance for any help you might have for me. ECS K7VTA3 mobo (chipset is from VIA Tech. not sure what one) AMD Sempron 2.4 gig processer NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 400