Bang4DaBuc
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I have an Abit BX6 R2 and I recently got a TV tuner card and a 2nd NIC card. I placed them in PCI slot 4 and 5. Windows 2000 detected both and both installed with no problems. However, when I start the application for the TV tuner, my computer would hang. I figured it to be an IRQ issue as the two PCI slots share an IRQ.
I removed the NIC and the TV tuner app would start without hanging, but there would be no video. I swapped the TV Tuner with my sound card and it worked fine. When I put my network card back in PCI slot 5 (with the sound card in 4), Windows would detect it, but when I restart the comp windows would hang around the time the "Windows Start" wav would play.
I swapped all my cards around and came to the conclusion that I had 3 cards that required independent IRQs, but I only had 2 slots that did not share. (AGP shares with PCI 1, PCI 4 and 5 share, PCI 2 and 3 have their own IRQs). Is there anyway to get around this? I looked at a couple other Abit motherboards and the IRQ sharing is the same. Are all motherboards (Abit and Non-Abit) like this?
I removed the NIC and the TV tuner app would start without hanging, but there would be no video. I swapped the TV Tuner with my sound card and it worked fine. When I put my network card back in PCI slot 5 (with the sound card in 4), Windows would detect it, but when I restart the comp windows would hang around the time the "Windows Start" wav would play.
I swapped all my cards around and came to the conclusion that I had 3 cards that required independent IRQs, but I only had 2 slots that did not share. (AGP shares with PCI 1, PCI 4 and 5 share, PCI 2 and 3 have their own IRQs). Is there anyway to get around this? I looked at a couple other Abit motherboards and the IRQ sharing is the same. Are all motherboards (Abit and Non-Abit) like this?
