I have a professional audio card, and the drivers for it suck. It's giving me blue screens from IRQ conflicts. Yeah, so the developers suck and don't realize IRQ sharing is a big part of most modern motherboards.. that issue aside, I need to deal with this ASAP.
I was going to reformat and reinstall Windows with "Standard PC" as the HAL option. I've read that standard PC mode lets you change the IRQs at will. This way, I can find a free IRQ and reassign the audio card to that IRQ.
The thing is, I have a dual core Athlon. And I believe if I choose "Standard PC" as my HAL, it will only recognize one CPU. If I choose the "MPS Multiprocessor PC" HAL, will I get dual core, AND have the ability to assign IRQs manually? Will Windows still auto-choose IRQs for the most part to save me a lot of hassle?
I was going to reformat and reinstall Windows with "Standard PC" as the HAL option. I've read that standard PC mode lets you change the IRQs at will. This way, I can find a free IRQ and reassign the audio card to that IRQ.
The thing is, I have a dual core Athlon. And I believe if I choose "Standard PC" as my HAL, it will only recognize one CPU. If I choose the "MPS Multiprocessor PC" HAL, will I get dual core, AND have the ability to assign IRQs manually? Will Windows still auto-choose IRQs for the most part to save me a lot of hassle?
