Comments inline..............
At 11:32 12/24/2007 -0800, you wrote:
I didn't think IRQ sharing was really an issue nowadays but I guess you
are using an older mainboard/chipset that this could be an problem. Did
you actually experience something negative or are you just uncomfortable
with the idea of the IRQs being shared??
No, not really; once I get an OS loaded. I am dealing here at the base
bios (?dos?) level. I have no OS loaded yet. Since 1999 I've been happy
with Win2K re-assigning IRQ's to whatever it can control.
For right now, I am dealing with bios and trying to get a clean ESCD
table. I now have a clean ESCD table-the way I want it for now.........
LOL! Yes, I might be just tilting at windmills, too! LOL!
Normally IRQ assignments on later systems, PII and higher, had a lot to do
with the particular PCI slot you placed a card in. It was often noted in
the mainboard manual which PCI slots were shared/common. Sometimes the
BIOS will let you manually assign a particular IRQ to certain PCI slot. I
would not blame the cards for the IRQ assignments and if anything I'd
disable the onboard 1.1 USB as well as any legacy ports not being utilized
such as the serial and parallel ports.
Yes, but this is NOT a 'later' system. It is circa 1998. Yes, it is
P2-based. Yes, it is a 440BX m/b, and, yes, it has the 'last' bios for this
old m/b installed [possibly NOT properly!]. Yes, I now have the bios and
my chosen cards where I want them (irq and slot). Yes, my bios lets me
assign to a chosen "PIRQ number/INT#". Have done this; and, as long as I do
not install the USB controller card, the ESCD table comes up the way I wish
it to be:
Video card: IRQ09 (is Matrox G200, and Matrox always liked I9 for their
cards IIRC!)
NIC card: IRQ10 (because I read somewhere that NICS run best on I10 IIRC)
Yes, I can be using with very old (bad) info, but I've used this 'map' for
years.
If I am wrong, I can be educated............... :)
The issue now is with the hard drive, and/or how the bios "sees" it......?
I suppose the real question is: What hd geometry is the bios seeing and
passing on to whatever OS I decide to load.............
Even MS-DOS 6.22 sees the hard drive as 504Mbytes; if/when I let MS-DOS
6.22 boot and load. I think my bios is passing some bad data, or, MS-DOS is
just not handling what it gets from bios properly. I can not tell. Hence,
my questions. It has been a very long time since I have been here.
And, the last time I was here, I was most likely very lucky to be a List
Member!
I can't remember the last time I had to pay attention to IRQ values unless
I was dealing with a SCSI card or some early soundcards.
Ok, Let us not even go into SCSI!!!!!!!!!! Yes, major magic needed in W95
and W98. Once I moved to W2K, scsi was just plain PFM! No Problemo. This
is not a scsi-related issue. I am playing with a very old IBM 1.08GB eide
hard drive. I feel like I am back in the middle of W95 days! (And asking a
lot of really dumb, stupid questions I should already have answers for!)
Yes, I can blow this whole machine off. But why? It still has life and
its' own horsepower that I wish to use. Yes, it is >8yrs old. Yes, it is
seriously OLD-tech. But, it still answers the reset button and lights the
screen with its' G200 (Thanks Winterlight!!!!). I suppose I am trying for
just how long I can make a 440BX m/b go into the future.
If most want to blow this thread off, I will certainly
understand................
Best of the Season, Merry Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka, Noel, whatever......
Duncan
-Tharin Olsen
DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tharin O.,
My order from FrontX arrived this morning. I now have the two rear USB m/b
ports cabled to a
5.25in front bay.
I also tried the Kuotech IO-P222 card to connect 2 of the built-in USB
ports of the Lian-Li case.
This did not work so well. The IO-P222 seems to grab an IRQ from each of
the m/b's PIRQ lines.
It ends up camped out sharing with the Video card and the NIC. Hmm.........
:( And, no amount
of card shuffle seems to get the Kuotech to play nice. Interesting test,
less than acceptable
results. No harm, no foul! 2 more cards for the "pile!"
Best,
Duncan
