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John E wrote:

> "Edgar Montrose" <edgarmontrose@vox.org> wrote in message
> news:adj6ok$11rdl8$1@ID-83837.news.dfncis.de...
> > "John E" <La-la-land@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:adj6ok$11rdl8$1@ID-83837.news.dfncis.de...
> > > 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

I would check the documentation that came with the modem and the sound card to
see what IRQ's they normally use and can use. If they use the same IRQ, you
would have to change one of them either in the installation. If you can't
change the IRQ during install, then install one and then (after rebooting) go
into device manager and change it. Of course, you then will have to make
changes in all programs that use that device.



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