Win2k Pro users help me please..

[EnragedPC]

How many of the people out there who installed Win2k Pro that didnt disable ACPI got that everything on IRQ 9 problem? Please post your system specs...I want to install it soon and dont want that IRQ problem...

 

[IamDavid]

What problem are you talking about? I've never encountered any IRQ prbs with Win2K.. Maybe I'm just lucky.

 

[Bozo]

Everything on IRQ9?????

Bozo 😀

 

[AKA]

I thought it was IRQ 11?

 

[zuffy]

Zero problem on my system. My Adaptec 2940U2W, Diamond Fireport 20, SB Live, 3Com 905, Asus 7100, and USB all uses IRQ 9 by ACPI.

 

[Davegod75]

are you having problems with them all on the same irq or are you just upset that they are. ACPI does that on purpose. It's supposed to be like that. Most people never have a problem with it.

 

[EnragedPC]

IRQ 9 or IRQ 11, no i dont have it installed yet. Does it cause any problems or slow down system?

 

[EnragedPC]

ttt

 

[KouklatheCat]

No problems on my machine (knocking on wood). None whatsoever

 

[RazorFace]

From what I've read in the various groups, this is proper behavour. 🙂

 

[AndyHui]

When installed in ACPI mode, this is normally how Win2K assigns its resources.

Most people have no problems, other people do have problems. Usually it's all assigned to IRQ9...supposedly it's used as a gateway to virtual IRQs above 15.

Anyway, here is the article from Microsoft dealing with it.

If you want to manually assign IRQs, or just let Windows do it properly, you have to change the ACPI mode HAL to Standard PC HAL.

To do this, go into Device Manager, and look under Computer. It should say Advanced Configuration Power Interface PC. Change this to Standard PC by changing the driver. Then reboot. Hopefully it should come out OK.

If you need to reinstall, hit F5 while it is detecting all the devices right at the very beginning to manually select the Standard PC HAL. You may also need to turn ACPI off in the BIOS if you have that option.