Kevin Weaver wrote:

> I think I have tracked my USB problem down to the fact the PCI USB card is
> sharing an IRQ with one of the network cards. From what I can gather from
> various sources, USB doesn't like to share.
>
> Now the headache. I can't change the IRQ setting in device manager for
> either the USB or the NIC. I get the error message "This reasource setting
> can not be modified." Any suggestions how I can resolve this conflict?

You can change the IRQ of the particular slot the cards are in through the
BIOS setup. This can be simple or it can be difficult, it all depends on the
manufacturer of the BIOS your board has, and how well the procedure is
documented in the manual.

HTH,

Jose

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