Win2k: Ethernet and Video card Sharing IRQ...help!

[scsi stud]

Good morning,

I am having major trouble with my Graphics Blaster Riva TNT in Windows 2000 Professional -- everytime I try to update my graphics card drivers from the ones that were installed when I first installed Win2k, I get a Win2k BSOD (the ones where it just crashes the system and you have to cold boot).

Now, I think it might be because my video card and ethernet card are sharing the same IRQ, IRQ 15. I was wondering how I could manually move the video or ethernet card's IRQ to a different one, as I have like 2 other free IRQ's?

Thanks in advance.

 

[iceliquid]

I think all you gotta do is physically move the network card to a different pci slot that isn't sharing the irq with your video card. I'm guessing you're running an agp card. Check your mb manual to see which slots use which irqs.

 

[Tonec]

I have the same problem - vid, sound card, usb, nic all on 11. Moving slots works for the first reboot but the second always places them back on 11. There is a way to solve this problem but you lose power management.

 

[paulip88]

You may be able to do that depending on your mobo. However, if have Win2K installed using ACPI, then you will not be able to reassign IRQs since Win2K will always distrbute IRQs retardedly.

The only way to solve this is to get rid of ACPI support.

 

[scsi stud]

Thanks for the replies. Well, I am installed as "Standard PC", so I think I'm not in ACPI mode, or whatever.

So by just moving the ethernet card to a different slot should help, huh? I'll try that and see what happens.