Greetings Bob and list--
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From: "Bob Zeoli" <[log in to unmask]>

> Hi I just upgraded my computer to a Asus P3V133 mother board and a
PIII 667. I did a fresh install of 98 ( I used 95 before ).  Every
thing went fine and the computer& printer worked fine for a week.
Then I installed a home network and hooked up to my old P200mmx
machine ( also with a fresh install of 98).  The internet worked over
the network fine on both machines.  Tonight I noticed the sound not
working on my PIII ( it worked last nite).  Checking my Device manager
and resources I have a conflict with the sound card (Aztec 2320
compatable PNP Audio (WDM)).  Going through the Hardware trouble
shooter guide in device manager it says I need to use IRQ 5-9-10-11-15
for my sound card and none are free ( no free IRQs at all). It gives
me a choice of disabling the following:  US Robotics 56K Win Int, VIA
Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Co
> ntroller, Diamond Stealth III S540 for Windows 98,3Com Etherlink III
ISA (3C509/3C509b) in ISA mode.   Not knowing what the "VIA Tech 3038
PCI to USB" was I disabled that but the computer locked up. This is
the IRQ list that I can find: Keyboard-1, Com2-3,Com1-4, Modem-5,
Floppy-6, LPT1-7, SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus 09, Etherlink ISA card 10,
Stealth III S540 IR11, ( also on 11 is ACPI IRQ holder for PCI
steering), mouse 12, Primary IDE 14, Secondary IDE 15, ( also on 15 is
the VIA bus master PCI IDE controller.  Any thoughts or leads to a FAQ
on IRQ's for 98 would help. Please tell me its possible to have a
sound,video,network, printer and modem on one machine?  One thought I
have to set up the printer on the old machine but that would kinda be
a pain to turn that on just to print!  Thanks
>
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One suggestion I have often received--and which has worked for me--is
to go into the CMOS set up screens and disable
of the Com ports, usually com2.  This will allow the US Robotics 56K
Win Internal modem to "become" com2.  There may
be some software or jumper settings to configure in order to make the
US R modem use IRQ 3, but the manual should
instruct you how to do this.  (Win98 may even re-recognize it and
assign it to IRQ 3.)  This would free up IRQ 5, which,
BTW, is very often the default IRQ for sound cards.

HTH and good luck,

Paul A. Shippert       Library/Media Specialist
"There is no dark side of the moon really . . .
    matter of fact, it's all dark."  Pink Floyd

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