>  Windows' first choice of IRQ to allocate for a SCSI controller is 15, and
>second choice is 14.  If these choices aren't available, that probably means
>that the EIDE channels on the motherboard are still enabled.  Do you actually
>have EIDE drives installed?  Mixing EIDE and SCSI in a single system is a lot
>to ask.

I have been using EIDE controllers along side SCSI for quite a while now
without
any problems.  MY EIDE controllers use IRQ 14 & 15 while the SCSI controller
uses IRQ 11.  The SCSI card was configurable via software.

Mark C. Barron

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