[Starman01]

Hello,

I hope it is O.K. to post here (but actually this is the community I hang out most, so I thought I try it here )

I have bought a new computer a couple of months ago, but since I have it I can't play any games without crashing. My biggest problem is that the machine freezes at random points and my speaker emit a very loud screaming and static, it always gave me a heart attack.

After some error-searching I figured out, that it must be a hardware issue (I have even reinstalled XP and updated all drivers).

So it turn out, that my graphic-card radeon 9800 pro is sharing the IRQ-16 with some USB-Bridges. I deactived the USB-Stuff, but Problems wasn't solved. (Also my Graphic-card is always installed doubled, there is everythime an additional entry "radeon 9800 pro- secondary"

I looked further, and figured out that my soundcard "Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 SZ" is sharing IRQ-22 with my ethernet-port (which is onboard). Now that's what I call a good hardware-configuration, thumbs up for Bill Gates offspring

So far so good, when I had such problems in W98 I changed the IRQ manually, but somehow XP does not allow me to do that

Can someone tell me, how I can change the IRQ, or at least activate that small part, so I can select that hook,(sorry it is german, but I'm sure you know this part)  Strange is, XP says there are "no conflicts", but I guess I shouldn't give to much to this:

[vyper]

The reason it won't let to mess with it, is that XP is convinced you have no reason to. As far as XP is concerned, everything is working just dandy.

Try moving the sound card into a different PCI slot.

[Fury]

1. Update your motherboard BIOS.
2. Reset BIOS defaults.
3. Its normal to see your video card as "double".
4. Change the PCI slot of your soundcard.

[Taristin]

The reason you have secondary video adapters, is because your card more than likely has another video port on it.  I have Radeon 9600 Series - Primary and Radeon 9600 series - secondary, because I have two monitors.

[Starman01]

Well, it has some TV-Output IIRC, but I don't use it.

I heard it more often that I should use another PCI-Slot, that should be the easiest way to do, gotta try it out.  (Man, I miss my W98 )

[Ashrak]

there might be a hardware glitch with the sound card or vid card if u can try them in different machines might work

[Vertigo1]

The reason you see devices sharing IRQs is because ACPI is enabled in the BIOS. (its under Power Management)  I can't believe that none of you caught on to this.  Any motherboard made in the last four or five years has this enabled be default.  While you're at it, go into the advanced options in your BIOS and switch "PNP OS" to disabled or no.  This will force the BIOS to take care of what slot gets what IRQ instead of letting windows (or any other OS) manage it.

Just be aware that disabling ACPI in your BIOS will make windows re-detect everything all over again. (not a bad thing, mind you.  You just might be asked for a driver disk.  If you are, just point it to c:\windows\system or c:\windows\system32)

[Fury]

ACPI is of no problem and PNP OS setting should be disabled by default. Anyway, that was taken care in my suggestion to update BIOS and reset BIOS defaults after that.

[SadisticSid]

You can't assign resources to devices in XP unless you 'update' the driver for ACPI compliant Computer or whatever it's called to Standard Computer in Device Manager, which can **** things up really badly if you don't know what you're doing. Your BIOS may allow you to assign IRQs to slot devices manually though, check that first.

[Starman01]

Hi there,

it's been a few days, but now I finally found the time trying some of this stuff.

ACPI is already turned off by default, so I guess I can forget that.

I haven't updated my BIOS yet, I don't think that's the problem, since it is rather new (ASUS AI P4P800-E deluxe).

But I switched my Soundcard to another slot, at least now it has a different IRQ, let's see how this will work out.

My only problem is now the temperature. My powersupply is getting really hot, and my CPU is already around 50°C when he isn't used at all (only desktop i.e.), but it get's pretty fast above 60°C when I'm playing games or do other stuff. Is this too much (using a Intel Pentium 3,2 Ghz). Any advice ?

[SadisticSid]

You should be wary of what your motherboard tells you about temps - I've got an ASUS A7V600 and apparently my CPU goes regularly above 90 degrees C, and this was the same with 3 cooling fans. We stuck in a proper thermocouple and it was more like 50 degrees.

[diamondgeezer]

Indeed, between the BIOS, mobo software and random 3rd party stuff I can't get two matching temperature readings from my CPU...

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[kode]

this comp says the case temperature is 11C. go figure...

[kasperl]

Not all too unrealistic, if that comp would've been in my room.....

[kode]

Originally posted by kasperl
Not all too unrealistic, if that comp would've been in my room.....

it's in my room, and I would've called the landlord if it really was 11C in here.