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I'd suggest that you consider reordering the PCI slots that are occupied by
these cards.

After the AGP slot, the first PCI slot should have the NIC.  Traditionally,
an AGP card and a NIC will share an IRQ without trouble.  3COM NICs, in
particular, HATE the 2nd PCI slot and in some cases won't work unless they
get the first.

The second PCI slot should be occupied by the SCSI card.

The third should be the Promise card.

The fourth should be the sound card.

Try that and see if your performance improves.

Jim

"ZC" <zccop@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:dFq38.112756$bZ5.25479327@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
> For some odd reason, I cannot get my sound blaster PCI 128 card OFF irq 9,
> and everytime i play any sounds for more then like 4 seconds, it freezes
up
> the computer, this only happenes in win2k, in win98 the card uses irq 11,
> and works fine, but win2k wants to make like 6 devices use one irq..
>
> IRQ Number Device
> 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
> 9 3DForce2 MX Series,NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (Ver. 5.12.01.0631 09/20/2000)
> 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> 9 GFC2204 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
> 9 Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)
> 9 Win2000 Promise Ultra100 (tm) IDE Controller (PDC20265)
> 8 System CMOS/real time clock
> 13 Numeric data processor
> 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> 6 Standard floppy disk controller
> 4 Communications Port (COM1)
> 3 Communications Port (COM2)
> 14 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel
> 15 SCSI/RAID Host Controller
>
>
> any ideas? i tryed all the drivers i could find.
>
> dave
> an email responce would be greatly appreciated. zccop@nycap.rr.com
>
>
>
>

What if I told you that all is onboard, besides the Realtek NIC. hehe

everything else is onboard..
.

"Big Daddy Jim" <bigdaddyjim@windowsxppro.info> wrote in message
news:KVq38.8677$ZK4.323011@typhoon.austin.rr.com...
> I'd suggest that you consider reordering the PCI slots that are occupied
by
> these cards.
>
> After the AGP slot, the first PCI slot should have the NIC.
Traditionally,
> an AGP card and a NIC will share an IRQ without trouble.  3COM NICs, in
> particular, HATE the 2nd PCI slot and in some cases won't work unless they
> get the first.
>
> The second PCI slot should be occupied by the SCSI card.
>
> The third should be the Promise card.
>
> The fourth should be the sound card.
>
> Try that and see if your performance improves.
>
> Jim
>
> "ZC" <zccop@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:dFq38.112756$bZ5.25479327@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
> > For some odd reason, I cannot get my sound blaster PCI 128 card OFF irq
9,
> > and everytime i play any sounds for more then like 4 seconds, it freezes
> up
> > the computer, this only happenes in win2k, in win98 the card uses irq
11,
> > and works fine, but win2k wants to make like 6 devices use one irq..
> >
> > IRQ Number Device
> > 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
> > 9 3DForce2 MX Series,NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (Ver. 5.12.01.0631 09/20/2000)
> > 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> > 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> > 9 GFC2204 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
> > 9 Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)
> > 9 Win2000 Promise Ultra100 (tm) IDE Controller (PDC20265)
> > 8 System CMOS/real time clock
> > 13 Numeric data processor
> > 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> > 6 Standard floppy disk controller
> > 4 Communications Port (COM1)
> > 3 Communications Port (COM2)
> > 14 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel
> > 15 SCSI/RAID Host Controller
> >
> >
> > any ideas? i tryed all the drivers i could find.
> >
> > dave
> > an email responce would be greatly appreciated. zccop@nycap.rr.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

If you can find a way to make Win2000 change its IRQ allocation then you
would be the first I know of. This OS is resolute about cramming as much as
possible onto a single IRQ, physical shuffiling and changing settings in the
bios are simply ignored.
Mike Mullen
CST
Gigabyte UK
"ZC" <zccop@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:dFq38.112756$bZ5.25479327@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
> For some odd reason, I cannot get my sound blaster PCI 128 card OFF irq 9,
> and everytime i play any sounds for more then like 4 seconds, it freezes
up
> the computer, this only happenes in win2k, in win98 the card uses irq 11,
> and works fine, but win2k wants to make like 6 devices use one irq..
>
> IRQ Number Device
> 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
> 9 3DForce2 MX Series,NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (Ver. 5.12.01.0631 09/20/2000)
> 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> 9 GFC2204 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
> 9 Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)
> 9 Win2000 Promise Ultra100 (tm) IDE Controller (PDC20265)
> 8 System CMOS/real time clock
> 13 Numeric data processor
> 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> 6 Standard floppy disk controller
> 4 Communications Port (COM1)
> 3 Communications Port (COM2)
> 14 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel
> 15 SCSI/RAID Host Controller
>
>
> any ideas? i tryed all the drivers i could find.
>
> dave
> an email responce would be greatly appreciated. zccop@nycap.rr.com
>
>
>
>
>

W2K is designed to use a single IRQ for most PCI devices, and it works well
for most. You can disable that function rather easily from Device Manager,
changing the driver for the device Computer from ACPI to Standard PC.


"gbt-tech" <gbttech@btclick.com> wrote in message
news:wNR38.58508$ru2.701457@NewsReader...
> If you can find a way to make Win2000 change its IRQ allocation then you
> would be the first I know of. This OS is resolute about cramming as much
as
> possible onto a single IRQ, physical shuffiling and changing settings in
the
> bios are simply ignored.
> Mike Mullen
> CST
> Gigabyte UK
> "ZC" <zccop@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:dFq38.112756$bZ5.25479327@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
> > For some odd reason, I cannot get my sound blaster PCI 128 card OFF irq
9,
> > and everytime i play any sounds for more then like 4 seconds, it freezes
> up
> > the computer, this only happenes in win2k, in win98 the card uses irq
11,
> > and works fine, but win2k wants to make like 6 devices use one irq..
> >
> > IRQ Number Device
> > 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
> > 9 3DForce2 MX Series,NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (Ver. 5.12.01.0631 09/20/2000)
> > 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> > 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> > 9 GFC2204 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
> > 9 Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)
> > 9 Win2000 Promise Ultra100 (tm) IDE Controller (PDC20265)
> > 8 System CMOS/real time clock
> > 13 Numeric data processor
> > 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> > 6 Standard floppy disk controller
> > 4 Communications Port (COM1)
> > 3 Communications Port (COM2)
> > 14 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel
> > 15 SCSI/RAID Host Controller
> >
> >
> > any ideas? i tryed all the drivers i could find.
> >
> > dave
> > an email responce would be greatly appreciated. zccop@nycap.rr.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

I agree with Dan's solution - I had the same problem with the GA7ZX a few
months ago. At first I thought it was overheating, because my PC would hang
during Quake 3 after a few minutes. I later discovered this to be the
problem.

A hardware and OS specialist at work gave me the same solution. He also
recommended disabling the PNP OS option in the Bios. There are a few
tutorials lying around on the net which show you the steps of removing ACPI
in Win2k.

"Dan Forsythe" <danforsthexx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:evS38.18557$nI1.86971@news1.wwck1.ri.home.com...
> W2K is designed to use a single IRQ for most PCI devices, and it works
well
> for most. You can disable that function rather easily from Device Manager,
> changing the driver for the device Computer from ACPI to Standard PC.
>
>
> "gbt-tech" <gbttech@btclick.com> wrote in message
> news:wNR38.58508$ru2.701457@NewsReader...
> > If you can find a way to make Win2000 change its IRQ allocation then you
> > would be the first I know of. This OS is resolute about cramming as much
> as
> > possible onto a single IRQ, physical shuffiling and changing settings in
> the
> > bios are simply ignored.
> > Mike Mullen
> > CST
> > Gigabyte UK
> > "ZC" <zccop@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:dFq38.112756$bZ5.25479327@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com...
> > > For some odd reason, I cannot get my sound blaster PCI 128 card OFF
irq
> 9,
> > > and everytime i play any sounds for more then like 4 seconds, it
freezes
> > up
> > > the computer, this only happenes in win2k, in win98 the card uses irq
> 11,
> > > and works fine, but win2k wants to make like 6 devices use one irq..
> > >
> > > IRQ Number Device
> > > 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
> > > 9 3DForce2 MX Series,NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (Ver. 5.12.01.0631 09/20/2000)
> > > 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> > > 9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
> > > 9 GFC2204 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
> > > 9 Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)
> > > 9 Win2000 Promise Ultra100 (tm) IDE Controller (PDC20265)
> > > 8 System CMOS/real time clock
> > > 13 Numeric data processor
> > > 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> > > 6 Standard floppy disk controller
> > > 4 Communications Port (COM1)
> > > 3 Communications Port (COM2)
> > > 14 VIA BM Ultra DMA Channel
> > > 15 SCSI/RAID Host Controller
> > >
> > >
> > > any ideas? i tryed all the drivers i could find.
> > >
> > > dave
> > > an email responce would be greatly appreciated. zccop@nycap.rr.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>