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Dell Notebook computers sharing IRQ 11
I have a dell notebook and it's firewire port shares IRQ 11 with:
IRQ 11 Dell C840 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2482 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2487 OK IRQ 11 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments PCI-4451 CardBus Controller OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments PCI-4451 CardBus Controller OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK I'd like to move it over to: IRQ 4 - Com Port IRQ 5 - Modem IRQ 6 - Floppy Controller (Since I don't use either of these devices.) Any idea how I can accomplish this? |
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In rec.music.makers.guitar sheets wrote:
I have a dell notebook and it's firewire port shares IRQ 11 with: IRQ 11 Dell C840 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2482 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2487 OK IRQ 11 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments PCI-4451 CardBus Controller OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments PCI-4451 CardBus Controller OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK I'd like to move it over to: IRQ 4 - Com Port IRQ 5 - Modem IRQ 6 - Floppy Controller (Since I don't use either of these devices.) Any idea how I can accomplish this? I will hazard a guess... If you're not using the com port, modem, or floppy controller see if you can disable them in the bios (I know the bios on my dell latitude doesn't allow this level of control but...). Then, back in windows, go into the device manager and manually change the configuration on the resources tab for the firewire controller. You might also try removing the firewire controller through the device manager and then restart windows and seeing if it uses an open IRQ when it's found after windows gets going again... Which windows are you using? Kirk |
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"Kirk Roy" wrote in message ... I will hazard a guess... If you're not using the com port, modem, or floppy controller see if you can disable them in the bios (I know the bios on my dell latitude doesn't allow this level of control but...). Then, back in windows, go into the device manager and manually change the configuration on the resources tab for the firewire controller. The IRQ is readonly in the resources tab. You might also try removing the firewire controller through the device manager and then restart windows and seeing if it uses an open IRQ when it's found after windows gets going again... Tried that. Comes back at 11. Which windows are you using? xp-pro SP1A |
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I believe you might see the most improvement by moving the ethernet
controller off of irq 11. Avenger. |
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"Kings_Avenger" wrote in message ... I believe you might see the most improvement by moving the ethernet controller off of irq 11. Avenger. 1) I have no ethernet connection when the problems occur 2) How do I move the IRQ? |
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Several folks want to know what the problem is...
The problem is that periodically the FW410 will just stop working and its blue LED will blink rapidly. Hot-plugging does not re-establish the connection. I have to reboot the computer and the fw410, sometimes multiple times before it'll work. Apparently, m-audio flashes the firmware everytime the system boots up and the only docs I can find on the blinking led talk about the firmware not flashing properly. Obviously, this did *NOT* happen in the middle of a session where it was working fine up 'til some point. There must be some other situation that causes this problem but it's not documented and their tech support is unaware of this. "DKID" wrote in message ... On 8 Jan 2004 07:52:21 -0800, (sheets) wrote: I went through something similar last year just to finally give up on the interface/software combo in my laptop. Can you tell me what the problem is? Wwhy you want to move the IRQ? What Firewire interface and DAW software are you using? I have a dell notebook and it's firewire port shares IRQ 11 with: IRQ 11 Dell C840 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2482 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2487 OK IRQ 11 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments PCI-4451 CardBus Controller OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments PCI-4451 CardBus Controller OK IRQ 11 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK I'd like to move it over to: IRQ 4 - Com Port IRQ 5 - Modem IRQ 6 - Floppy Controller (Since I don't use either of these devices.) Any idea how I can accomplish this? |
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"Andy Peake" wrote in message
om... After struggling with this same issue for several months, I was told by a Dell upper level tech support person that I cannot change the IRQ assignments on my notebook. I don't think I can with mine either, but I haven't sweated the issue because it works just fine the way it is (I'm using an MBox with a Sony laptop and external Firewire drive). Makes we wonder if sheets has an actual problem that needs solving, or if his efforts are more of a pre-emptive strike aimed at "potential" problems. Clearly, Macintosh seems to have the edge with issues like this. Which "issue" is that? We've got both and so far I've yet to establish any clear advantage to one or the other. The Mac may not have IRQs to contend with, but it's got its own configuration issues. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Lorin |
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"Lorin David Schultz" wrote in message
news:L4yLb.3267$zk.2106@clgrps12 "Andy Peake" wrote in message om... After struggling with this same issue for several months, I was told by a Dell upper level tech support person that I cannot change the IRQ assignments on my notebook. I don't think I can with mine either, but I haven't sweated the issue because it works just fine the way it is (I'm using an MBox with a Sony laptop and external Firewire drive). Makes we wonder if sheets has an actual problem that needs solving, or if his efforts are more of a pre-emptive strike aimed at "potential" problems. I think that some people would be really surprised to hear that the old IBM mainframes, with zillions of I/O devices all over the place, many running fast and furious, routed essentially all I/O through 1 IRQ. They did this with clock speeds as low as 1 MHz or less. |
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