What PCI Slots to use in the ASUA A7V133. Look inside

[Krueger81]

Hello,

I am going to install the following cards in my ASUSA A7V133. Too bad in only has 5 PCI Slots.

SB Live PLatinum
Linksys NIC
PCI 56K Modem
PCI SCSI Adaoter Adaptec 2940+

I am trying to figure out how I am going to be able to plug all of those in with the least IRQ sharing conflicts.

Thanks

Krueger81

 

[Antony]

Is this the same board that would not POST before?

 

[heng1028]

i believe the slot 2 is sharing irq with the raid controller

 

[Krueger81]

yub same board.. No clue what it has to do with this topic.. buit yeah its the same board.. and it works just fine. It was the CPU.

TTT plase.

Krueger81

 

[BadThad]

Most modern boards have the AGP and PCI 1 slots sharing resources, I normally skip PCI 1 for this reason. Check your mobo manual for resource info specific to it. My choice would be:

PCI 1 - empty
PCI 2 - NIC
PCI 3 - SOUND
PCI 4 - MODEM (usu 2 and 4 share some resources but only 1 of these devices is likely used at a time)
PCI 5 - SCSI

Good Luck!

Note: sometimes scsi controllers are funky, it may need PCI 2.

 

[Shogun]

Here's how I set it up in my box:

PCI 1 - empty
PCI 2 - empty
PCI 3 - SB Live
PCI 4 - 2940UW SCSI
PCI 5 - 3 Com NIC