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My dxr3 is sharing IRQ9 with my AGP TNT2 card AND is in PCI slot 1

Works fine allthough Susan recommends against doing this.

Why is that Susan?


Bill Stegers


Mickey Stein wrote:
> 
> Hi -
> 
>      Just happened to see this and realized that I had no idea that a DVD
> decoder card requires it's own irq. I'd assumed it was more along the lines of a
> voodoo II and didn't require one. Since I'm in the market for an item like this,
> can anyone confirm that it does need it's 'own' irq? Is it at least sharable if
> it does? thanks,
> 
>          sorry for jumping this bandwagon,
> 
>                 Mick
> 
> "Susan Hartson (Creative Labs)" wrote:
> 
> > Install the decoder card into a different PCI slot and make certain it is
> > not sharing an IRQ with another device.  If you have an AGP video card, do
> > not install the decoder card into PCI slot 1.
> >
> > In addition, change the memory range for the decoder card in the Device
> > Manager to D1000000-D10FFFFF
> >
> > --
> > Susan Hartson
> > Creative Labs Technical Support
> > Tech Support: 405-742-6655
> > http://www.creative.com/
> >
> > Hausman <Haus@pitnet.net> wrote in message
> > news:UbNV3.1101$Oj5.359045@homer.alpha.net...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Didn't know where to post this, sorry.  Anyway, I installed the software
> > off
> > > the CD, and tried to play the .VOB file on the CD with the "Creative
> > > PlayCenter".  It worked, but was very shaky and paused every few seconds.
> > > And I have a decent system (p2-400, 128mb, ...)
> > >
> > > So I downloaded the newest drivers off of creative's site, and now the
> > video
> > > is just junk.  I always get audio though.  Where do I go from here?
> > >
> > > Also, the one DVD game I have (Acess' Tex Murphy: Overseer) runs, but
> > > whenever it tries to play a video I get a message saying it can't activate
> > > the MPEG2 driver... no matter which one I select (and I have no idea what
> > > would be the proper driver).
> > >
> > > Thanks alot,
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >