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I think my 9100 PCI was the straw that broke the camel's back... :confused;

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Aww man... starting to have trouble now...

After I added my pci 9100 to drive my second monitor, it took some messing around to get it to work properly, but eventually it went. For the second time in two weeks, my 4-port ethernet card just failed. It shares IRQ's with both my soundblaster and my 9100. I cant find any way to change the IRQ's, so I just changed the positions. The 9100 is recognizing right now, as is the ethernet card, but I can't bring the second monitor back up... I think i just need to reformat.

Do you guys think I fixed my problem with the IRQ's by shuffing the boards around or am I running low on power with my 350w Foxconn?
 
I would suspect the arrangement of the cards before implicating the PS. I've seen several instances where a certain card did not like a certain PCI slot for no apparent reason, or isn't sharing IRQs well with other devices, and swapping the cards around solved it. Often, it has been a networking card.

It can be a particularly frustrating problem to pin-point, because the card that is the source of the conflict may work fine while causing another device to have problems. It doesn't surprise me that a Creative Labs product is involved here.
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
I would suspect the arrangement of the cards before implicating the PS. I've seen several instances where a certain card did not like a certain PCI slot for no apparent reason, or isn't sharing IRQs well with other devices, and swapping the cards around solved it. Often, it has been a networking card.

It can be a particularly frustrating problem to pin-point, because the card that is the source of the conflict may work fine while causing another device to have problems. It doesn't surprise me that a Creative Labs product is involved here.
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Thanks for your thoughts. The cards are all rearranged now, albeit less ergonomically now , but I still think I have a reformat in my immediate future. Our LAN is so bad that I want to install a PCI modem before I reformat, but I?m afraid of power issues still or the potential for more conflicts? Are modems particularly heavy power consumers? I'm still worried sick about my power supply with the load it has. Check my system profile and tell me if you concur. Thanks again.
 
Thanks for your thoughts. The cards are all rearranged now, albeit less ergonomically now , but I still think I have a reformat in my immediate future. Our LAN is so bad that I want to install a PCI modem before I reformat, but I?m afraid of power issues still or the potential for more conflicts? Are modems particularly heavy power consumers? I'm still worried sick about my power supply with the load it has. Check my system profile and tell me if you concur. Thanks again.
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Modems don't require a lot of power. I'm leaning away from the PS as the problem because a truly inadequate or strained power supply, if it is going to cause any problems at all, will likely come in the form of system instability (errors, crashes, spontaneous rebooting, etc). I may be wrong, but I think your PS is not the problem. Sorry I can't be of more help.

 
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