Hi I've just got myself a new sound card but it's fitted in on an IRQ channel with 2 other PCI devices and I think that this must be the reason that since installing it my PC is hanging on a black screen during start up for about 3 minutes, just after the windows splash screen. Could someone please let me know how to change the IRQ settings (if this is indeed what I need to do) through the BIOS as I can't do it in windows (something to do with ACPI I beleive). Thanks very much for your time..... Theo, London My settings look like this at the moment: IRQ: 0 : System timer 1 : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard 4 : COM1 4 : Communications Port (COM1) 6 : Standard floppy disk controller 8 : System CMOS/real time clock 9 : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System 10 : MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device 12 : Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint) 13 : Numeric data processor 14 : Primary IDE Channel 15 : Secondary IDE Channel 16 : MEDION RADEON 9600 TX 17 : CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device <--- new sound card (a Trust SC-5250) 17 : Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem 17 : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller 19 : MEDION (7134) WDM Video Capture 19 : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter 20 : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller 21 : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller 22 : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller 23 : SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller FYI: Processor Model : 1x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz Speed : 2.61GHz Performance Rating : PR2867 (estimated) Type : Standard L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64 byte line size) Mainboard Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus MP Support : 2 CPU(s) MP APIC : No System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG System : MEDIONPC Mainboard : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6701 Total Memory : 1023MB DDR-SDRAM Chipset 1 Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS648 CPU to PCI Bridge Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 100MHz (400MHz data rate) Total Memory : 1024MB DDR-SDRAM Memory Bus Speed : 2x 166MHz (332MHz data rate) Video System Desktop Monitors/Panels : 2 Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor Adapter : MEDION RADEON 9600 TX Adapter : MEDION RADEON 9600 TX Secondary Physical Storage Devices Hard Disk : SAMSUNG SP1614N (149.1GB) Hard Disk : ST3120023A (111.8GB) CD-ROM/DVD : PIONEER DVD RW DVR-109 (CD 63X Rd, 8X Wr) (DVD 8X Rd, 1X Wr) CD-ROM/DVD : CD-ROM Drive Logical Storage Devices Hard Disk (C : 55.9GB (1.2GB, 2% Free) (NTFS) Backup (D : 46.9GB (2.8GB, 6% Free) (NTFS) Recover (E : 9.0GB (920MB, 10% Free) (FAT32) CD-ROM/DVD (J : N/A Ccf tst mp pe cr (K : 4.3GB (0MB, 0% Free) (CDFS) Media (M : 78.1GB (1.8GB, 2% Free) (NTFS) Samsung (X : 70.9GB (36.9GB, 52% Free) (NTFS) Peripherals Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller USB Controller/Hub : SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support USB Controller/Hub : USB Mass Storage Device FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint) MultiMedia Device(s) Device : MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device Device : Standard Game Port Device : Standard Game Port Device : MEDION (7134) WDM Video Capture Device : CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device Communication Device(s) Device : Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem Printers and Faxes Model : Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Model : hp deskjet 3816 series Model : Epson Stylus COLOR 460 ESC/P 2 Model : Adobe PDF Power Management AC Line Status : On-Line Operating System(s) Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86/IA32) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2) Network Services Adapter : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Disable the Firewire if not using it; remove the old Modem. Disable COM ports in BIOS. Are you actually using PS2 mouse (on IRQ12)? Most use USB mouse. What is that cheap audiocard? That's like onboard-audio quality. Shoulda got a Creative Soundblaster. Pull the old CDRom, since you have a DVD burner. Your FSB:Memory ratio is 3:5 which seems strange to an AMD man like me... See if it supports 4:5 in BIOS, you could then run FSB at 133MHz (533QDR) with 166MHz memory. Since your multiplier of 26 would give some 3.4GHz that may not work - but it's worth a try :^) Clean up your harddisks and system, your WinXP may be old & tired, time to reinstall...? But there's nothing you can do to change OS-assigned resources in an ACPI compliant PC. Everything should work okay together, or else yanking useless devices may help - but if your rig is 'hanging' on startup during device detection it's probably not because of that. It's probably harddrive (or optical drive) related including issues with your OS, Regards
