Anon | reply to Anon
Re: aDSL Download problems Is there any way in the CMOS to manually set the IRQ for your NIC card? NIC card that used for DSL modem doesn't like to have IRQ sharing. Latest version of AMI or AWARD CMOS BIOS allow user to manually assign IRQ to a particular PCI slot. Do you have another NIC card that you can try?
I will start plain and simple with a video card and a NIC card and disabling the rest by either unplug or disable via CMOS to test the download. And then gradually adding back peripheral one at a time until you narrow down to a single one peripheral that gives you the conflict. You can monitor IRQ usage via My Computer-->Properties--->Device Manager-->Computer-->Properties..
Here is another link that you can take a look at with similar problem as yours. It uses NETSTAT to monitor the system resources while downloading..
Have fun..
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Fort Worth, TX | If you install an ISA NIC, you can manually set the IRQ... the Kingston NICs that are part of the package are PCI and they let Windows select the IRQ for them... Most ASI crews have some ISA NICs still and, while they are older technology and a bit slower, they can solve some problems that otherwise are very difficult.
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Anon | Later BIOS allows manual IRQ assignments to even PCI slots unless it is proprietary in nature such as Compaq, HP, IBM, etc...my Kingston EtherRx PCI NIC card is manually set to IRQ 5 to avoid conflict with my other peripherals when I built my own PC with Windows ME and with AWARD BIOS...
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Anon | I have a recent AWARD BIOS, but when I go into PnP/PCI configuration and set the resource controls to Manual, the only choices I have under IRQ assignments are to switch between PCI/ISA PnP or Legacy ISA. It doesn't allow me to assign a specific IRQ to a specific slot.
NoHoP, since you're using AWARD BIOS and the Kingston EtherRX NIC, how exactly did you manually assign the NIC to IRQ 5? I checked and IRQ 5 is free on my system... in BIOS -> Power Management -> Wake up events, I can see IRQ 5 is reserved for LPT2, but I will never use LPT2 so this is the perfect choice but I can't figure out how to assign it to the NIC. I'm reluctant to switch slots again after what happened to my CMOS last night, but if necessary there are still 2 more PCI slots I can try...
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Anon | Ummm...so you have different version of the AWARD BIOS, it's unfortunate. One way to get around that is to manually changed IRQ assignment via Device Manager (still just with a video and a nic setup) and see whether ME allows you to do that...
How many IRQ's left after your computer is fully loaded with peripherals but without the NIC?
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Not to butt in on this reply, but you should leave your NIC where it is and not try to change your IRQ settings. If you are not experiencing any problems then leave well enough alone.
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Anon | said by DaSneaky1D:
Not to butt in on this reply, but you should leave your NIC where it is and not try to change your IRQ settings. If you are not experiencing any problems then leave well enough alone.
He left his NIC where it was but that's where the whole mess got started or he won't be posting here for assistance!?
In other words, he does experience problems to begin with..
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| Follow the bouncing ball. He said he can test clean now, but he still wants to change his IRQ. I was saying that if he can test clean now, don't change anything that could cause him to not test clean.
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