solving IRQ conflict in win2k... is it POSSIBLE?

[cirrus1]

I have mentioned that in a previous PM to phlashphire. Don't know if he have tried it yet...

 

[G14]

Having all your devices on IRQ 11 is WIN2K is a good thing! I'm not kidding. This is a feature of WIN2K. IRQ 11 is a high priority IRQ so having a lot of devices on it is actually good!

 

[phlashphire]

Yep. I tried looking through the hidden devices w/in device manager, and it's not there either.



<< Having all your devices on IRQ 11 is WIN2K is a good thing! I'm not kidding. This is a feature of WIN2K. IRQ 11 is a high priority IRQ so having a lot of devices on it is actually good! >>



Yeah, I recently read an article about that too.

 

[cirrus1]

G14 I haven't read that article and it might be right. But the fact is that many people (including myself) see a perfomance increase when using the &quot;Standard PC&quot; mode. And often it solves some stability issues, especially with VIA boards and SB-lives. IMHO even if the IRQ 11 is high priority, having all of the devices there would result in a performance hit.



phlashphire It's beginning to get a bit strange... A solution might be to get a hold of the NT/APM drivers from someone else and install them that way. I'll see if I can get a hold of the seperate drivers (that might be hard )Else the only option I see is a reinstall and that would be sad as this is a slighter problem.

BTW: Here is my IRQ numbers in W2K (Standard PC mode)

IRQ Number Device
1 Easy Internet Keyboard
3 Communications Port (COM2)
4 Communications Port (COM1)
5 Creative SB Live! Basic (WDM)
6 Standard floppy disk controller
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
10 Realtek RTL8029(AS)-based PCI Ethernet Adapter
10 Mass Storage Controller
11 NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro
12 Other Logitech Mouse PS/2
13 Numeric data processor
14 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel
15 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel

As you see I haven't got a lot of devices in my puter... I'd might put that NIC on my IRQ 2 (Controlling itself is great

 

[cirrus1]

I have found the info file called &quot;ntapm.inf&quot; which resides in the WINNT\INF and as far as I can see it only needs the file &quot;NTApm.sys&quot; which lives in WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.

EDIT: Also noticed a &quot;NTApm.PNF&quot; file. Might not be necessary. It's identified as a &quot;Precompiled Setup Information File&quot;

 

[BX|PHrEaK]

just an update, I got my computer switched over to Standard PC and I get some fps increase, but I still crash. I think it has something to do with my sound card possibly. If only there was win2k drivers SOMEWHERE on the net for diamond MX300

 

[cirrus1]

BX|PHrEaK Try to put your soundcard on IRQ # 5 as this irq is reserved for legacy devices