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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Scot on November 17, 2001, 09:33:00 AM

Title: IRQ Sharing(s)
Post by: Scot on November 17, 2001, 09:33:00 AM

Hello !

I was checking my system specs and found that there are several listing for each IRQ I have. Is this normal?

IRQ 3   3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
IRQ 3   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 9   Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443
IRQ 9   Creative SB Live! Value
IRQ 9   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 9   SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
IRQ 10   Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
IRQ 10   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 11   NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro
IRQ 11   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 14   Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 14   Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
IRQ 15   Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 15   Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B


Thanks in Advance!

<S>
Scot
3./JG2

Title: IRQ Sharing(s)
Post by: Defiance on November 17, 2001, 11:11:00 AM

Hiya,
Yeah t'is normal as in : if steering or controllers share with a card, If you get eg : Vidcard and Soundcard sharing an IRQ then ya may get probs
But steering/controllers are generally ok

Have Fun

Def

Title: IRQ Sharing(s)
Post by: Scot on November 17, 2001, 08:50:00 PM

Thanks Def   :D

Scot
3./JG2