is it needed to have 5 pci standard ram controller installed in device manager?

[DarkManX]

under device manager i have 5 pci standard ram controller installed, my motherboard is an A7N8X-E with the Nforce 2 chipset, And i think im out of IRQ's to install my video card drivers again, so what can i do to clear it up?

 

[Steve]

What version of Windows? You shouldn't have to mess with IRQs at all, generally. Is ACPI enabled in your BIOS, and did you install Windows with it enabled?

 

[Zero Plasma]

bumpo

 

[DarkManX]

windows XP, i should have it enabled, ever since i installed this new mobo i've had numerous issues with hardware working, now i got everything working but doing a clean install of the nforce drivers, i deleted my ATI drivers and cant get them back on.

 

[DarkManX]

I am useing default windows display drivers, and the display driver is not listed in the device manager. When i right click on the desktop and go to the adaptor settings its pretty much full of IO conflicts:
Input/Output Range 03B0 - 03BB used by:
NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Input/Output Range 03C0 - 03DF used by:
NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Memory Range 000A0000 - 000BFFFF used by:
NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge

 

[DarkManX]

bump

 

[DarkManX]

i cant even install my printer or any hardware, it always says not enough resources!!

 

[LTC8K6]

Just to be clear, when you click on "computer" in device manager, what does it show?

 

[Yvo]

I would say clean install of Windows should do the trick.

I personally haven't seen any IRQ conflicts since the early days of Windows 2000, because then everything became ACPI and it basically took care of the problem.


Make sure it says ACPI Uniprocessor PC under computer.

 

[DarkManX]

under computer it just says "standard pc" in device manager

 

[Yvo]

That is your problem right there.

You need to enable ACPI in the bios... however by doing that you WILL NEED to reinstall Windows as a different kernel will be used.

 

[DarkManX]

but i've been useing this windows install for like a year without a problem, the problem started when i switched from a A7N8X deluxe to a A7N8X-E and i dont even see the ACPI option in my bios.

 

[Yvo]

Make sure APIC mode is enabled and not disabled. Which is located under the Advanced Bios Options

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Yvo
Make sure APIC mode is enabled and not disabled. Which is located under the Advanced Bios Options

I think that still requires changing the HAL, either to MPS Uniprocessor PC, or ACPI Uniprocessor PC (if ACPI is also enabled).

If the HAL is "Standard PC", then you need to have a vendor-specific "IRQ Routing miniport" driver installed.

 

[DarkManX]

it is enabled