Re: Installing network driver.
From: Jason G (msft-ngroups_at_zz9.biz)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 08:35:03 -0700
Hi again,
Not being one to leave a problem unsolved (at least not until I have to go
back to work tomorrow!) all I can think of suggesting is checking for
mainboard drivers - I have known some very strange things to happen with XP's
guess of a right driver - the biggest problem (unless you have a known brand
PC or mainboard) is getting the right driver.
On the network card front - did you try disabling this in the BIOS?
Just had a bit of a though (wow - on a Sunday too!) - when you get this
break in sound is it as though the sound stops or that the sound carries on
and you cannot hear it (or you get a hum instead) - this can be down to
faulty electronics on the mainboard (most likely keyboard controller).
If you play a CD through your PC (make sure you pick one which does play the
audio track rather than a set of MP3s on the disk - best pick (if poss) a
pre-1998 CD) and you press any key - does the same happen? If so I'd suggest
that the problem lies with the audio amplifier circuit on your PC - if your
CD-ROM has a headphones socket you should find that the sound from there is
not interrupted.
You could also check that the PC speaker/hedphone socket is no loose or has
a poor connection.
I tend to take a system to pieces, give the mainboard a bit of a check for
stray solder, dust etc, & plug things back one at a time until the problem
starts again.
There are a load of things which could cause this - if you do get anywhere
(or maybe even if not!) - do let us know how you get on.
Regards,
Jason
"Michael" wrote:
> Howdy
>
>
>
> > You have two network cards - do you use both of them? If not you could
> > probably disable the onboard one through your BIOS setup util, this may
> > help.
> > You may be able to chage some IRQs here too- but take care.
>
> No I only have the one network card and it's onboard. I've had a look inte
> BIOS setup screen but I've not been able to find where or how to change IRQs
>
> > Don't worry too much about IRQ sharing - this used to be a serious problem
> > back in the old days of Win 3.1, but from 98 on sharing seems to be the
> > way
> > to go - I don't know why, but all seems OK usually.
>
> Ok then I'm not sure I need to change my driver for the network adpter. This
> is starting to give me a headache. But it was the only thing I could see
> that was wrong. Could it be causing my keyboard to interfere with the sound?
>
> > The pauses to aound are they just wave device sounds or others too? Wave
> > sounds have to be processed so the processing could be being interrupted.
> > It
> > could be that your mainboard is a bit dodgy - the IRQ level of keyboards
> > is
> > very low (takes high precedence) and this can cause problems with devices
> > with a higher IRQ - you could try another (maybe USB) keyboard?
>
> It occures with all sound, no matter what program I'm running at the time.
> eg when I'm playing Diablo2 pressing the keys not only effects the sound in
> the game but the game play as well. Sound stutters and pauses and so does
> game play. This is not just restricted to Diablo2 any game I play does the
> same thing. All the games I play are multiplayer, which lead me to belive
> the network drive could be at fault. And the only thing I can see that might
> be a problem is the fact that it shares it's IRQ with the Audio. I've tried
> using different types of keyboard with no luck.
>
> > The .sys file driver is of no real use to you I'm afraid - it may be that
> > this replaces a sys file from another driver version release, normally
> > you'd
> > always see a .inf file with any driver.
>
> I think I might have solved this little problem. When I first downloaded the
> drivers I'd found I was using Mozilla Firefox browser. For some reason when
> I downloaded files with this any setup structure that would have came with
> the file failed to work. I found if I use Internet Explorer to download the
> same files I have no problems. Go figure!!
> >
> > I hope this gives you some things to consider - let us knwo how you get
> > on!
>
> My headache is getting worse and I fear I'm no closer to solving my keyboard
> problem (If that is truly what it is!) than before. Just getting more
> confused and frustrated! But thank you very much for your input Jason. I
> seem to be getting more and more information, about my system, as well as
> what could be wrong with it.
>
> Much Obliged
> Michael
>
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael" wrote:
> >
> >> I'm having trouble with drivers on my system. I've got the following -
> >>
> >> Windows XP Home Edition
> >> 3.02 gig Intel Pentium 4
> >> 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
> >> 120 Gigabytes Hard Drive
> >> NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
> >>
> >> When I go into Device Manager under the heading Network adapter I've got
> >> NetComm NB1300 USB Network Adapter and Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
> >> Ethernet NIC. The first one NetComm is not digitally signed while the
> >> Realtek one is. I don't think Realtek RTL8139 is the correct driver for
> >> my
> >> system. I've gotten some advice from other newsgroups and after hours of
> >> searching and reading web sites found Realtek RTL8029 which I'm fairly
> >> certain is the driver I need to be using. So I downloaded it, problem is
> >> it's a sys file and I can't open it or get it to do anything or know
> >> where
> >> to put it. At the moment my Network adapter driver and Audio driver are
> >> sharing the same IRQ address. I looked up info on IRQ not knowing much
> >> about
> >> it. What I did find didn't help much. According to the site I read IRQ
> >> numbers only go up to 16. Well the IRQ address these drivers are using is
> >> 18
> >> on my system! In fact I've got 19 different IRQ numbers ranging from 0 -
> >> 23.
> >> I've been given the advice of removing the network card and putting it
> >> into
> >> another socket to try and change the IRQ it is using. When I opened my
> >> box I
> >> couldn't figure out which card was for the network or even if I had one.
> >> None had a label or identification on them. My sound is onboard I think
> >> my
> >> network is too, if that's possible. The main problem I have is when keys
> >> are
> >> pressed on my keyboard they interfere with any sound/music that is
> >> running
> >> at the time. If I press a key while sound is running then it is
> >> interrupted
> >> and eventually stalls until I release the key again. That brings me back
> >> to
> >> the drives using the same IRQ, I think that or the fact that the network
> >> driver is not the right one to be using could be causing my
> >> sound/keyboard
> >> problem. How can I change the IRQ setting for the network driver is it
> >> possible? And how do I install this other driver I've found?
> >>
> >> If anyone has bothered to read all this and think they could help me or
> >> direct me to where I might find the right info then I'd be very grateful.
> >>
> >> Much Obliged
> >> Michael
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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