Another thing to try is to in the CMOS disable the option that says Assign
IRQ to VGA - this should remove the IRQ need from the Diamond Stealth.
At 11:14 AM 7/26/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings Bob and list--
>----- Original Message -----
>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
> >
>---------end of quoted message-------------
>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
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> matter of fact, it's all dark." Pink Floyd
>
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