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"Edgar Montrose" <edgarmontrose@vox.org> wrote in message
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> "John E" <La-la-land@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Whenever I put my soundcard into my machine at the same time as my
internal
> >  modem my WinXP machine crashes.
> >
> > I believe it might have something to do with an IRQ conflict, but I've
not
> > had to play about with these kind of settings for years - so I'm very
rusty.
> > Another problem is that I can't get into device manager to make changes
> > because my machine hangs before I get there.
> >
> > I need advice about the best way to modify the IRQ settings so it
works - if
> > that is the cause. Has anyone got any advice on this?
> >
> > If it's not the problem does anyone know what the cause could be?
> >
> The best way is to remove both, reboot WITHOUT them, and let Win free the
> IRQs, and you remove
> any device entries manually. Power down and do complete install of the
> modem FIRST. Power down
> and do the sound card installation second.
>
> This is assuming:
>
> You have a PNP BIOS and these are modern cards that don't use jumpers or
> switches for IRQ
> assignments.

It's still not working. I've made a few observations though:

1) The modem (Intel V92 Ham/Fax/Data/Voice PCI) works fine without the
soundcard (Creative Soundblaster 128 PCI) in the machine
2) The machine crashes (freezes/hangs) whenever it tries to use the modem,
with the soundcard installed and enabled.
3) The machine doesn't crash, but the modem doesn't *work* with the
soundcard installed but *disabled*.
4) The soundcard works fine with the modem installed.
5) There are no reported IRQ conflicts in device manager
6) I have WindowsXP.

I don't know how to fix this problem - does anyone have any other
suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

John Elliott