Conflicting IRQ's ? ? ? ?

[deanomad]

I have a Netgear FA310TX network card and an ISDN Terminal Adapter card...
When i insert the network card into my pc my internet connection freezez quite a lot (sending no data and no reciving data) for about 2-3 mins. This used to happen when i had a 56k external modem in my pc.
Also the network aint working at all now.... sometimes i get it to work then the next day or two and the network aint working at all and its very unrealiable.
So i got to the bottom of this and checked my IRQ's and it says that the Network card is using the same IRQ as the ISDN Terminal Adapter.. and when i go into device manage to try and change the IRQ's it says "the resource setting cannot be modified". Also the other pc im networked to is sharing an IRQ with a different device and the same message comes up saying "the resource setting cannot be modified".
I have 1 or 2 free IRQ's left on my pc... and 1 or 2 free on the other pc.
But how do i change the IRQ's?
I'm Running win ME
and the other pc is running win 98
But it doesnt make no difference what O/s the pc's are using.... the network doesnt last for more than 1-2 days... then the pc's cant communicate with eachother...
Please help me as its been like this for months and i need to kill my brother in Quake 3 😀
Thanks Dean

 

[Scarpozzi]

The trick to this problem is going to be in the order you install the cards. Unfortunately, your cards have defaulted to those IRQs and it's tough to tell Windows to change the IRQs without causing system unstability.

Solution. Uninstall the drivers for both cards and remove them. I would then boot in safe mode and search for "ghost drivers"....remove any ghost drivers and also, if you wish, all your com ports and printer ports. This will free up more resources. Reboot. After rebooting, shut down again (the software way). Upon doing this, there are two ways to attempt to install these cards:

1. Install them both at once and let the OS autodetect (plug and pray). The thought is that you're starting from scratch and the OS will install them to play nicely with each other.

2. Install them one at a time. It would help to install any "non" plug and play cards first because they don't always get to pick their interupts (IRQs). So once you get it installed, reboot and install all the drivers. Test the device and then move on to install the next card. If this fails, possibly try another NIC.

Good Luck.