Sound card screws up IRQ's.

[TheMadBastard]

I have a chepo Hi Val A3D sound card, and every time I install it, it uses IRQ 9 or 10. It also causes an unknown device to be installed in IRQ 5 (where the sound card should be installed). When I pull up the Device Manager windows shows a problem with 'Sound Blaster Emulation,' and shows that it can't install the driver for it because all the IRQ's are used up. The sound card seems to work OK, but having that yellow exclamation point and a worthless IRQ 5 is annoying. Before I install the sound card IRQ's 5, 9, and 10 are all free. I did a fresh install of Windows 98 each time, installed the video card and then the sound card. I don't know how to remove the unknown device in IRQ 5, and the Hardware Troubleshooter won't let me fix it either.

Is there something I can do in Windows or BIOS to fix this?

Mobo: Boardrunner 6ABX2V Ver. 3.1
CPU: P-III 700 FCPGA (cb0)(ASUS 370-133 Slocket)
Memory: 128 MB PC-100
Video: Voodoo 3 3000
Sound: Hi Val A3D
HDD: Seagate 13 GB
Modem: Lucent Winmodem (COM 3)
Floppy/CD-ROM: Generic

 

[Scifione]

Where to start!!!!!!!!!!!!

That little unknown device is most likely the problem with "Sound Blaster Emulation." You will need to install it.

1. Go to Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel the *click*
2. You should see "Add New Hardware" in Control Panel *click*
3. This will bring up the Add New Hardware Wizard (Add New Hardware Wizard should walk you through the process. It will have some explanatory dialog.)
4. Select "Yes" and Click Next.
5. Add New Hardware Wizard will have more explanatory dialog.
6. Click Next.
7. The wizard will show one of two things: a list of Plug and Play Hardware that it found OR it will bring up a dialog with 2 options.

Plug and Play Hardware
1. Select a piece of hardware from the list.
2. Click Next. (Or it might be Finished)
3. This will bring up the drives installation screen.
4. Select the a prophet drive (Floppy or CD-ROM)
5. Windows will search for the best driver.
6. Windows will display the best drivers it found.
7. Click Finished (This will close the window and install the driver).
You may need to repeat this if Windows found more than one piece of Plug and Play Hardware.

Dialog "Window can now search for Hardware that is not Plug and Play............."
1. Select "Yes" and Click Next.
2. Add New Hardware Wizard will have explanatory dialog.
3. Click Next.
4. Add New Hardware Wizard will have explanatory dialog, a "Detection progress..." meter, and will be searching for anything NON Plug and Play.
5. When finished you should see one of two things: a list of NON Plug and Play or a dialog saying "Windows had finished detecting hardware, but did not find any new devices on your system." You are probably finished if you see this, so you can click Cancel.
6. Select a piece of hardware from the list.
7. Click Next. (Or it might be Finished)
8. This will bring up the drives installation screen.
9. Select the a prophet drive (Floppy or CD-ROM)
10. Windows will search for the best driver.
11. Windows will display the best drivers it found.
12. Click Finished (This will close the window and install the driver).
You may need to repeat this if Windows found more than one piece of Plug and Play Hardware.

THIS SHOULD TAKE CARE OF MOST BUT NOT ALL HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS!!!

I hope this is some big help to you. You can check back in System which in Control Panel to see install hardware and conflicts. Click the Device Manage tab.


Just a note: PCI Slots 1 and 3 share an IRQ; PCI Slots 2 and 4 share an IRQ most often.

Just a note: Some "Add in Cards" PCI/ISA may use more that 1 IRQ because more that 1 device on the card uses an IRQ.

Just a note: MOST Cards will happily share an IRQ, but the ones that don't are a pain in the a**.

Just a note: MOST BIOS of recent origin will let you force an IRQ for a slot.


I have probably given you a very baby food step by step above so don't feel insulted I was just trying to be clear as possible.

 

[lowtech1]

Try remove the sound card in Device Manger then reboot the system to see if Windows Wizard corectly install the device. If it is a no go then follow the steps below.


Click: Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information

Then, click on the IRQs, then write down the informations.


Then Remove the sound card in Device Manger.

Shutdown the puter and set the HiVal jumpers to a known unuse IRQ.

Shut off the Puter PnP in BIOS, then reboot the sytem and install HiVal use Scifione instruction.

Good luck

 

[JackMDS]

I had the same problem, some of these cards have faulty drivers, and there is nothing that you can do about it.
Some cards (and it goes for Audio and internal Modems), are designed as though the only thing that you have in your computer is ?CPU? and "their Card"
Hi Val does not exist any more, so you can not get update drivers.

Don?t lose time and sleep you can find ISA or PCI cards for as low as $10. I saw SB 64AWE value as low as $25.

 

[Quickfingerz]

Use the latest Aureal drivers. That alone will get it to work.

 

[Scifione]

lowtech,

Thanks for the vote of confedence.