> In most computers IRQ allocation on PCI cards is SLOT dependant.
My Award BIOS lets me manually set the IRQ assigned to each slot.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jose M. Sanchez
> Sent: Wednesday, 06 December, 2000 02:34
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2
> complete
>
>
>
> In most computers IRQ allocation on PCI cards is SLOT dependant.
>
> I'm sure a few people here will think otherwise, but it's true.
>
> You can change the IRQ both cards will use, but the change will occur in
> unison... I.E. both will go to 10 at the same time, etc.
>
> What you need to do, is move one of the cards to another PCI card slot.
>
> Some vendors now provide "maps" of the IRQ allocations on a per slot
> basis...
>
> I wish they all would to clarify things for a lot of people...
>
> For example the AGP slot and the first slot (closest to the AGP slot)
> normally share the same IRQ no matter what you do.
>
> Slot two w/slot 5, etc... actual hardware may vary...
>
> -JMS
>
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Lee
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:27 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [newbie] Resolving resource conflicts in Mandrake 7.2 complete
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the list and have a question regarding resource conflicts in
> Mandrake 7.2 Complete.
>
> I have a system that I built, to act as a gateway/firewall for my cable
> modem. The components are as follows :
>
> ASUS P5A B motherboard with 1010 Bios version
> 64MB PC 100 RAM
> Diamond Viper 550 PCI video
> Creative 24X IDE CD ROM
> Creative SB 16 ISA card
> 2 x 3COM 3c509B TX PCI NIC cards
>
> My problem is that when I look in DrakConf at the NIC properties there are
> Splat marks (!) on both NIC cards. A look at the properties reveals that
> both cards are attempting to use the same memory resources (both
> are set to
> use IRQ9). The change resources button is grayed out so it
> doesn't look like
> I can set the properties (or test different resources) here.
>
> I'm guessing that I need to change something in the BIOS. Does anyone have
> any suggestions on the best way to get round this problem ?
>
> Thanks, in advance,
>
> Mark Lee
>
>
