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re: IRQ Sharing
Saturday, July 10, 2004 at 11:07 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by STELE E
(3 messages posted)
hELLO eVERETT,
thanks for the help. as it turns out, my techie neighbor was able to find and force
another driver to work with the modem without using the "modem installation assistant"
that was insisting that there were no IRQs available.
so Everett, thanks for the help.
Take care, Stele E greenmatrix.org
On Saturday, July 10, 2004 at 6:44 am, Everett wrote:
>STELE:
> http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2007,5,21,1,0701,01.html
>
>says: "PCI bus IRQ steering gives Windows 98/SE/Me the flexibility to reprogram
PCI
>interrupts when reconfiguring Plug-and-Play PCI and ISA resources around non-Plug-and-Play
>ISA devices. This gives Windows a very powerful tool that can automatically resolve
>many possible IRQ conflicts without direct intervention on the part of the user
(or
>technician). If PCI bus IRQ steering is disabled in Windows, the BIOS assigns IRQs
>to PCI devices. But if PCI bus IRQ steering is enabled, Windows will assign IRQs
>to PCI devices. When your system supports PCI bus IRQ steering, you will notice
numerous
>IRQ holders when you view IRQ assignments (such as "ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ
Steering").
>An IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering indicates that an IRQ has been programmed to
PCI
>mode and is unavailable for ISA devices-even if no PCI devices are currently using
>the IRQ."
>
>there is a separate screen in the BIOS for disabling/enabling Plug-and-Play by Windows.
>
>suggest you try IRQ steering in the BIOS both ways and see which one works for you...
>
>
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