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On 15 Mar 2002, at 7:35, Debbie wrote:
> Ron (or anyone?), I went to the link freepctech link and looked at
> the network installation guide. In the troubleshooting section, I
> found the following:
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> "The NICS usually will not work if Windows has assigned an IRQ
> other than 10 or 11. This is not a hard and fast rule, many newer
> cards will allow Windows to assign just any old IRQ, but if your
> network does not work, this can be the problem."
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> There was no information about what to do if an IRQ other than 10
> or 11 is assigned. The IRQ assigned to my NICs is 9. Now what do
> I do?
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> Debbie Alspaugh
Modern versions of Windows and modern PCI devices work together
well to manage assignment of IRQs. I do not recognize the problem
that this passage refers to, but I suspect that it may have been an
issue with older components and OS versions. I don't think you
really need to worry about it.
David Gillett
The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech
support at our newest website:
http://freepctech.com
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