Xtreme X-Fi conflict issue

[Clutz]

Hello. I just got an Xtreme X-Fi sound card and installed it. Now my video card has an issue with it. It says:
This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)
If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system.
This is my system:

P4 3.4 PRESSCOTT socket 478 cpu -800hmz bus hyperthreading, 1MB cache
ABIT IC7 MOBO
1 GB DDR433 PC3500 Dual Channel Memory
Maxtor 160 GB 7200rpm w/ 8MB cache
128 MB GeForce Fx5700 AGP
On board sound 6 channel, Realtek Ac97, I dont have a card for sound.
Intel PRO/1000 MT Ethernet
16X DVD+RW, DVD-ROM
DSL connection and Windows XP Pro.
Monitor is an old piece of junk, but im going to get a new one.

Has anybody else had this problem? Thank u very much. Clutz

Sorry for this post. I looked for two days and nothing. No sooner than I post this thread I found how to fix it. I increased in BIOS the aperture from 128 to 256.

[CptA]

First, try digging into the user manual that came with your motherboard.

Look for the section that tells you which Hardware Interupts (IRQs) are assigned to which PCI slots, and also which on-board peripherals share the IRQs assigned to these slots.

My guess is that you are trying to put the X-Fi into the PCI slot that shares the IRQ assigned to the AGP or PCI-E slot intended for your  Video card or for an on-board video chipset.

Just because the slot was empty doesn't mean that you can put a card there without causing a conflict with some other piece of pre-existing hardware.

Some cards/peripherals can share IRQs and slots. Others cannot. Usually USB, Ethernet, and Modem cards will share IRQs, but Sound and Video cards often will not.

The object is to find the correct PCI slot to plug your X-Fi into.

Search your manual and try to find which PCI slot shares the IRQ for the on-board sound chipset (usually IRQ 5), and after disabling the on-board sound in the bios settings, installing the new X-Fi card into that slot.

If some other card is already installed there, move that card into another open PCI slot. Perhaps it is capable of sharing IRQs with some other device.

Sometimes it just comes down to trying to find the right combination of cards and peripherals that can best share the available IRQs and slots. Just keep trying to swap out one card for another until it works, or as a last resort you can make a decision about which card must go to make room for the new one.

Good Luck.

CptA

...Well since you got it fixed...Never Mind.

[Clutz]

CptA, Thanks for the info. I have been trying to learn how IRQ's work. I kind of had this inclination that they share PCI slots. Now I know that they do. Skuzzy says its important to have all devices on their own Interrupt. I never understood what that meant. With your explanation in this thread is starting to soak in now. Thank you.

[Irwink!]

If your new sound card is plug-n-play, windows dynamically handles the IRQ settings for you and if I'm not mistaken you can't even change the IRQ's for plug-n-play devices. Is the card plug-n-play?

[doc1kelley]

Originally posted by Clutz
Hello. I just got an Xtreme X-Fi sound card and installed it. Now my video card has an issue with it. It says:
This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)
If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system.
This is my system:

P4 3.4 PRESSCOTT socket 478 cpu -800hmz bus hyperthreading, 1MB cache
ABIT IC7 MOBO
1 GB DDR433 PC3500 Dual Channel Memory
Maxtor 160 GB 7200rpm w/ 8MB cache
128 MB GeForce Fx5700 AGP
On board sound 6 channel, Realtek Ac97, I dont have a card for sound.
Intel PRO/1000 MT Ethernet
16X DVD+RW, DVD-ROM
DSL connection and Windows XP Pro.
Monitor is an old piece of junk, but im going to get a new one.

Has anybody else had this problem? Thank u very much. Clutz

Sorry for this post. I looked for two days and nothing. No sooner than I post this thread I found how to fix it. I increased in BIOS the aperture from 128 to 256.

I know this is a silly question but did you disable your onboard sound device in your bios?  If not, do so immediately.  You should also move your X-Fi card to another empty slot.

All the Best...
Jay
awDoc1

[Clutz]

Thank you Irwink!. Yes, the card is plug-n-play. I think windows keeps grabbing it and moving it to different IRQ's with each adjustment I make. It was IRQ 5, then something I did made it IRQ 4. Now it is IRQ 16 tied in with my USB IRQ's. I think this is not good.

Thank you doc1kelley. Yes I think, I think ????? I disabled on board sound in the bios. I did un install the drivers for on board sound and it doesn't show up in tack manager or system information. Its going to take quite a bit of time to move things around on my MOBO and study the manual for it . This is very hairy stuff for me. It's very deep in knowledge. However, trial and error is a wonderful thing!


Thank you all very much.

[Tigger29]

You might make sure you have the correct motherboard drivers installed on your system.  I would imagine your modern computer would be capable of IRQ steering... certain drivers that allow devices to share IRQ's without conflict.  Without the proper drivers installed it may not be enabled, which might have been fine before but if the new cards eats up more resources then the onboard audio, well it may have just pushed it over the edge.

Go to your motherboard manufacturer's website and see if there are new drivers available.

Good luck.