IRQ assignment

[TheSkeRge]

I've been having a lot of problems getting my Gefore2 GTS to work in my Win2k system on a abit kt7raid board. I still haven't discovered what might be causing this problem, however I noticed that 5 different items are using IRQ 11. I don't know how to change this inside windows, and I'm not sure if I can with this version of my bios. If anybody can tell me how it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Pederv]

Win2k will try and put as many devices as it can on 1 IRQ. The main thing to be concerned about is where your bios is assigning IRQ's. To check this watch your system boot up and you will see a list of devices and the IRQ's the bios is assigning them. Take note of which devices are sharing IRQ's. You can disable ACPI in win2k and this will limit win2k's ability to put as many devices as possible on 1 IRQ. The KT7 is hardwired to share IRQ's as follows:
AGP & PCI#1
PCI#2 & PCI#3
PCI#4 & PCI#6 & USB
PCI#% & RAID controller(if applicable)

 

[Slikkster]

Go here for some tips:

GeForce FAQ

 

[TheSkeRge]

So there's no need to worry about irq conflicts causing system crashes? Please let me know if you have any idea what else may be causing this. Thanks guys.

 

[Slikkster]

What more do you need to know? This is an ACPI issue with Windows 2000. Did you read the Geforce FAQ I linked to? Here's the specific subsection that tells you what's going on:

Geforce Problems with ACPI in Windows 2000