Re: The hardware conflict that XP can't see!
From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/06/04
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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:07:07 -0700
Try removing the modem from Device Manager and rebooting. Also, try a
different PCI slot for the modem. These two things may assign it a
different IRQ. XP is a ton better at managing IRQ's than 98 ever was,
it just doesn't have the same interface as 98.
---- Nathan McNulty Steve wrote: > I have a strange problem that XP won’t see or let me fix. (98 used to) I’ve > been having an ongoing problem booting my machine. When I boot up, XP > loads, all my start ups load, all my devices. Then, 30 seconds later, my > computer either freezes, goes black, or I get the blue screen of death, > (rarely blue) I have no choice but to hard reboot. When I reboot, I have to > shut the power down, wait 10 or more seconds, then power up again. On the > second power up, everything is fine for as long as I stay on, no matter what > I do or what I use. If I turn it off, it starts all over again. > > On one of the rare blue screens, it gave the usual generic options 'it may > be a device, it may be a program, it may be an IRQ conflict', etcetera and so > on. The usual solutions, too. 'Disable hardware, unload programs, search > for conflicts'. You know, as if that wasn’t the first thing I did! Device > manager shows no conflicts. Event Viewer shows no failures. This problem > started when I went to Satellite Internet Access, and networked our three > computers to a router for Internet access (the machines, however, are not > networked together...my kids wouldn't allow it.). So I backtracked and said > “What could I have done?” > > I had removed all the 56 K modems from the three computers, but then > realized that I had to keep mine to fax with, since faxes have to go over the > phone lines. I realized that my problem actually began when I reinstalled > the modem. When I was digging to find out what could possibly have happened, > I made a startling discovery. XP has installed nearly every device I have on > IRQ 5. My modem, my network card, my sound card, my video card, all my USB > Ports, which adds my printer, scanner and optical mouse as well. > > In 98, you were able to go to the device properties and choose from > different resource settings until you could get combinations that didn’t > conflict. You could have a choice of at least 2 different IRQs sometimes as > many as 5 depending on the device. I went to separate some of these things, > but found out that XP doesn’t give you that option any more. It’s still > there, but it’s grayed out, and so far as I know, it can’t be turned on. > None of my driver software gives the option to set up the IRQ setting any > more, so what the hell do I do? I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling > everything, but XP continues to pile everything onto IRQ 5. This is damned > annoying having to boot up twice (and I have no idea why everything works on > the second boot!) Obviously, I need my devices. I’d be willing to remove > the modem, but I need to be able to fax readings to my doctor. That’s all, > but it’s pretty important. Is there any way to change those resource > settings? Is there any way to activate that box? > > I’d appreciate any suggestions or workarounds. TIA. >
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