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Offline kappa

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IRQ conflicts
« on: December 29, 2003, 09:07:35 AM »
Hey all....

Recently I put together a new computer for myself.. My problem  is my vid card and a USB controller hub are sharing the same IRQ... 11 I think it was...  I have tried dissableing the USB controller in my bios setup but it will not release the IRQ. I have not really wanted to attempt a manual config so I thought I would try to ask peps smarter than myself.. The Device Man. doesnt show conflicts. Its usually not a problem but from time to time I get stutters in AH and thought I had read skuzzy saying that could be caused be a IRQ problem...

Win98se
p4 2.6c
Abit IS7  
512 ram
some GF3 card.. hehe   64mb ddr

My vid card is the only card I have in the box right now... Thanks for any help... 8)
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2003, 04:10:20 PM »
You can disable the USB ports in the BIOS, but after Windows has drivers already loaded, you will have to remove them as well.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2003, 10:11:31 AM »
have been having nearly same problem  kappa,  

I have my modem, video, and usb controller all sharing IRQ 11 and can't figure out how to change it.



Win98se
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256 PC2700 ram
Radeon 9000 64mb ddr
game port to USB adapter
USrobotics 56k modem (yes 1 of them stinkin winmodems)
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2003, 01:30:33 PM »
Skuzzy,

I kinda wanted to use the usb ports.. can i disable in bios and remove in the device manager.... Then re-add the usb controller and it possibly use a different IRQ??? Can i predetermine what IRQ it will use? thanks 8)
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2003, 02:02:23 PM »
It all depends on your motherboard.  Due to the lack of physical IRQ's in a system, most motherboard manufacturer's hardwire the USB bus to share an IRQ with something, but it usually the PS2 IRQ.

Take a look at the documentation for the motherboard.  They almost always show how and where the hardwired IRQ's are.  Then it is matter of rearranging the boards to not share.  

You can also free up IRQ's for devices you are not using.  For intance, the COM and LPT ports.  If you are not using these, then you can free the IRQ's and (again, depending on the motherboard) use them for other devices.


There is not magic solution to this.  Every motherboard is different.  The basic rules are this:

1)  Remove Windows drivers for any device you are moving or going to remove BEFORE you do it.
2)  Check with the motherboard docs to see how the physical IRQ's are assigned to the slots and what else they share with (PCI Slot 1 is almost always shared with the AGP bus,..never put a card in PCI slot 1).

Good luck.
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2004, 04:44:08 AM »
kappa, i had the same situation.  i resolved by disabling the 1 usb in device manager.  thankfully i had nothing plugged into it because everything still works.

i cked the irq sharing via system information in xp and my vid card now has that irq exclusively.

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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2004, 10:56:15 PM »
FYI, when I disabled my USB stuff via Device Manager my computer would never shut down using the shutdown command. It would always hang up and just sit there. I tried many things to resolve it, even the MS fix, and when I reenabled my USB it fixed my shutdown problem. I don't use any USB stuff still so I just enabled it and it seems to work ok.
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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2004, 06:21:16 AM »
24c2, what what it matters, was the usb port that was sharing irq 16 with my vid card.  i disabled only that 1 which left 3 operationa.