RE: IRQ Conflicts / Crashing.... a little more info.
- From: "Bill" <Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:11:04 -0800
Oh, I should probably mention that I have an AGP video card, and then my only
PCI devices are the Firewire/USB card and a modem (not in use). My sound is
an onboard (MoBo) audio chip.
"Bill" wrote:
> Running Windows XP Pro, SP2.
>
> I recently installed an ADS Tech PCI card with 2 Firewire and 3 USB 2.0
> ports, updated the drivers etc. and have been having major crash problems.
>
> The motherboard (Soyo) contains 2 USB 1.1 ports (one used), 2 USB 1.1
> connectors (not used), and 4 USB 2.0 connectors (all used by a combo port
> bay).
> Aside from the obvious "get rid of the PCI card" I was wondering if anybody
> sees a pattern or solution here:
>
> 1. Most common crash: "hard" reboot. I have the error settings set to give
> me a blue screen, but a significant number of times the computer simply
> reboots, event viewer registers no errors. There doesn't seem to be a
> pattern to these; sometimes the computer won't be doing anything and it'll
> happen, other times I can go a few days without one.
> 2. Blue screen. A couple. Device driver conflicts, including wireless USB
> antenna. I've tried it on the MoBo ports and the PCI ports. Same problem.
> 3. Lockup. Even less. Usually involves sound/music.
>
> A look at the IRQs may help. Note conflicts on 5, 10, 11, 12. Including
> four conflicts on 10 and five on 12. I'm running an ACPI system, but as per
> KB314068 I set my BIOS Plug&Play OS setting to NO. (The crashes happen
> either way.)
> IRQ 0 System timer OK
> IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
> IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK
> IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
> IRQ 5 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK
> IRQ 5 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
> IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
> IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
> IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
> IRQ 10 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller OK
> IRQ 10 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
> IRQ 10 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
> IRQ 10 RAID Controller OK
> IRQ 11 ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 SERIES OK
> IRQ 11 Generic 56K HCF Data Fax Modem #2 OK
> IRQ 12 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
> IRQ 12 VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller OK
> IRQ 12 CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device OK
> IRQ 12 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
> IRQ 12 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
> IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
> IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
> IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK
>
> A further bit of possibly relevant information: My wireless USB antenna
> (NetGear) has issues. A lot of the time it will simply disable itself.
> Rarely can software alone bring it back. A few times a log off / on will,
> sometimes a restart will, but often it needs a full shutdown and turn on.
> According to KB310575, a proper USB2.0 port will shut off if a device draws
> more than 500mA until the computer is power cycled. Whether this is what is
> going on, and whether it's due to software, the antenna or the port, I have
> no idea.
>
> I plan on doing a reformat/reload in the next few days, so any advice
> beforehand would be much appreciated.
.
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