Hey everyone!
I'm having a little problem I hope I can get some help with. I'm putting together an A7N-266VM for a friend. It has XP Pro installed, using the onboard video and I have added a TB Santa Cruz card (TBSC). I've disabled the onboard audio and the audio from the TBSC works fine. I've also disabled the onboard game and midi port, choosing to use the one on the TBSC. The problem is that XP refuses to recognize it has the resources available to use the game port on the TBSC. When I check device manager I see the ! mark beside the game port. The resource tab for this device indicates that enough available resources cannot be found to use this device. It's trying to use the I/O range 200-207. This is the same resource range the onboard game port uses. When I enable the onboard port it works fine. It's almost like even though I disable that resource for the built in port on the mobo, XP still thinks it is in use. When the onboard port is disable it is not listed as a device, so it's like it is only halfway disabling it, but still using the resource. I've checked the resources by type in device manager and from that list is does not look like anything is using the I/0 range 200-207. I've flashed the mobo with the latest BIOS and downloaded the newest drivers for the TBSC. Sure, he could always just use the built in game port....like I said it works fine, but this issue is frustrating!! Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Tom
I'm having a little problem I hope I can get some help with. I'm putting together an A7N-266VM for a friend. It has XP Pro installed, using the onboard video and I have added a TB Santa Cruz card (TBSC). I've disabled the onboard audio and the audio from the TBSC works fine. I've also disabled the onboard game and midi port, choosing to use the one on the TBSC. The problem is that XP refuses to recognize it has the resources available to use the game port on the TBSC. When I check device manager I see the ! mark beside the game port. The resource tab for this device indicates that enough available resources cannot be found to use this device. It's trying to use the I/O range 200-207. This is the same resource range the onboard game port uses. When I enable the onboard port it works fine. It's almost like even though I disable that resource for the built in port on the mobo, XP still thinks it is in use. When the onboard port is disable it is not listed as a device, so it's like it is only halfway disabling it, but still using the resource. I've checked the resources by type in device manager and from that list is does not look like anything is using the I/0 range 200-207. I've flashed the mobo with the latest BIOS and downloaded the newest drivers for the TBSC. Sure, he could always just use the built in game port....like I said it works fine, but this issue is frustrating!! Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Tom
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