Moved my DVB card to different PCI slot because it conflicted with something else. First it was my All in Wonder card and now it is Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (whatever that is). I cannot change the IRQ manually because the option is greyed out. I could really use some advice please. Thanks
the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" is what controlls the onboard ide connectors on your motherboard
Thank you so much for the answer. If I am not using any "onboard ide connectors" ... then it wouldn't hurt to uninstall this. Right?
I have learned more about the "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" and I have found I do not want to unintall it or even think about messing with it. Now I need to figure out how to move my DVB card to another IRQ. That's the problem .. I can't unless someone has an idea for me. Thanks for your help.
(info from http://www.motherboards.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=65440 ) Power up and look in your Bios pages under "PCI/PnP" (or other areas)for a line showing "Reset Configuration Data". It will be DISABLED, change it to ENABLED, save it, then exit and reboot. If there is a conflict with resources, the BIOS will sort them out prior to the OS doing its task. The setting is a one-shot only, and reverts to [disabled] on next viewing, which is default. Not all BIOS types have this feature presented. It may be automatic. If that doesn't work, try inserting your hardware cards in sequences (power off/on for each card insertion) to find the sequence that will work. It can take a while but you will learn it easily. Make sure you keep track of the IRQ assignments, see how they rotate around.
I do thank you for your suggestion ... and I did do exactly as you said ... but nothing changed. I just feel there is a solution, but I haven't found it yet. I even talked with the people that built my computer and they couldn't figure out why this would be happening to me, but did tell me that XP would not let me change the IRQ .. you might say it is built into the system security .. no one can tamper with their settings. Excuse me, but what if XP has done it wrong ... how do you corrent it???????? I'm still looking for suggestions .. thank you
Which IRQ is shared? What motherboard do you have (system)? Which AIW and DVB do you have? Some PCI slots will take certain IRQ's, have you tried all different slots with different combinations? Another way is to disable the device(s) in the system/hardware manager then reboot. Then power off/remove card and power on. Check IRQ's, then power off/reinstall and power on. I've worked on several and have yet to find a sure way to fix all of them. Found out most techs just dont want to troubleshoot it and tell the owners to get a new mb or something (or they don't know what their doing). Can't guarantee you anything but you should be able to solve it. On one pc, the sound blaster just wouldn't grab a seperate IRQ than the network card and always stuttered on online games. So we ended up leaving out the sound card and used the onboard audio. Good luck.
I appreciate your response and suggestions vey much. XP PRO SP2 AMD Sempron Processor 3400+ 1G Ram Twinhan 1020a DVB card All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition, 9600 Series Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM) IRQ 17 is shared (it showed IRQ11 before I installed the drivers for the DVB card and it was alone. I have tried updating the drivers for the DVB card, but the ones I use now are the only ones I can use. I only have two PCI slots I can use right now ... the DVB was in another slot (showed IRQ 16) ... removed the DVB card and rebooted ... then put the card back in and it showed IRQ 11 ... then installed the drivers and it showed IRQ 17. If you need more info, just let me know.
Sorry, got too busy lately, but thought maybe you want to try this as a last resort. There is a way to try turning off the ACPI, but it would mean reinstalling winXP and forcing Standard PC HAL instead of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) HAL. Then you'll have to see if the IRQs work after you go thru all this. During the install, press F5 when you see this message displayed: "Press F6 if you have to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver." **Note If you press F7, the Standard PC HAL loads and the ACPI compliance check is bypassed.** These are the different HAL options after F5 is pressed: "Standard PC", Non-ACPI PIC HAL (Hal.dll) "MPS Uniprocessor PC", Non-ACPI APIC UP HAL (Halapic.dll) "MPS Multiprocessor PC", Non-ACPI APIC MP HAL (Halmps.dll) "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC", ACPI PIC HAL (Halacpi.dll) "ACPI Uniprocessor PC", ACPI APIC UP HAL (Halaacpi.dll) "ACPI Multiprocessor PC", ACPI APIC MP HAL (Halmacpi.dll) links to microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299340/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341/
