On Sunday, October 03, 1999, 9:08 PM,  Guise Sandy & marc
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:


>Can somebody tell me what PCI Steering is? Every time I run Nuts and Bolts
>diagnostics, I get this message: "IRQ holder for PCI steering has been
>disabled."
>
>I'm trying to install a Creative Vibra 128 soundcard (PCI) on Win 98 and it
>chooses IRQ 12, which I think is conflicting (PCI steering uses IRQ 11 and
>12). I can't change the IRQ in Device Manager (I unchecked "Use Auto
>Settings") and if I change in the BIOS, in PnP/PCI Config, Windows seems to
>simply ignore that.
>
<snip>

You may want to read these M$ Knowledge Base articles,
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q182/6/04.asp,  and
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q182/6/28.asp.  HTH. :-)

Walter R. Worth
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