"Michael A. Wosnick" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Now that I am using Win2k as my main engine, and boot to it, I have been
> having some Win2k freezeups and some BSOD's. Some of the BSOD's give no
> information at all, but some suggest that the problem is my video card
> driver. I thought this was supposed to be thing of the past with Win2k. I
> wondered if maybe I was getting some conflict/sharing problems so I checked
> my system info for IRQ assignments etc and found, to my horror that Win2k is
> essentially assigning ALL my devices to the SAME IRQ!!!

Windows 2000 shows some pretty strange stuff when on an ACPI system. My computer
shows IRQ's 18 and 19. I have heard from someone who has IRQ's 35 and 36!. ACPI
virtualizes the interrupts, and it is normal to see odd looking assignments.

While Windows 2000 is typically much more stable, it is still only as good as
the sum of the components. What drivers are you using? Bad drivers can still
crash it. Bad hardware can also cause problems. Usually the BSOD's have some
code, like IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, or others. Posting the exact stop message may
help, as many can be localized somewhat to certain things.

Try locating the latest drivers, although some manufacturers drivers are still
buggy.

Good luck!


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