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There are other issues to consider... IRQ is one, but there is also I/O and
(Possibly) DMA that can cause the same behavior.  No where in your post did
you mention weather the modem has its own control panel applet.  Most PCI
Win/SW type modems do.  May allow you to not only change the port but also
the I/O used by the modem.

Try looking under (Other Control Panel Options) in control panel to see if
you have any modem control options there.

Good luck, Len

"John E" <La-la-land@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Larry Dugan" <ldugan@midwest.net> wrote in message
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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.
>
> It doesn't let me change the IRQs - "use automatic setiings" is checked
and
> greyed out.
>
> There is no reported IRQ conflict anyway...
>
>