Re: FN-FORUM win2k bugging me!

date posted 29th December 2002 23:11

yeah, i just found out that 2k and xp use hal - last time i ha a freeze as
an nt4 box many moons ago and that was an irq issue, well one possibility
struck off since my motherboard deal with acpi
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> > actually i think its an irq conflict, having a quick nosey and on irq11
>
> This is quite normal with a modern ACPI motherboard and IRQ
sharing/steering
> (but is usually IRQ9). If you need to change IRQs, you must disable ACPI
in
> the BIOS (this could be your problem anyway).
>
> See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q252420
>
>
> It's more likely to be a not quite ACPI compliant BIOS or a bad driver
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Eckersall" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM win2k bugging me!
>
>
> > actually i think its an irq conflict, having a quick nosey and on irq11
i
> > have my graphics card, modem and my motherboards 3 USB ports and its
> audio.
> > 3 in-use cards into 1 irq port is not a happy thing for a pc...
> >
> > anyone have advice on this - remember i am to hardware what elmer fudd
is
> to
> > after dinner speeches!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Murphy" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 8:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM win2k bugging me!
> >
> >
> > > Quoting David Eckersall [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > >
> > > > my wink2k box keeps freezing just wondering if anyone has any ideas
or
> > > > pointers?
> > >
> > > There are any number of reasons why PCs lock up - first favourite is
> heat,
> > if
> > > there's something in the system that has an even faintly dodgy fan
(and
> > there
> > > are now a shedload of them in a standard PC) then it will cook and the
> > machine
> > > will lock up.
> > >
> > > After that you get into drivers - either duff versions or
> > incompatibilities
> > > (which is beyond my expertise). As far as driver versions go, its
always
> > worth
> > > checking that you're as up to date as possible without being in beta
> land
> > > (although sometimes thats where you have to be). Its also possible to
> have
> > a
> > > hardware combination that chooses to sulk - and if you want /really/
> > awkward
> > > I'm fairly certain I've had a dubious HDD cause the same effect )-:
> > >
> > > > and mozilla for example) its even done it with just dreamweaver and
> > VS.net
> > > > running.
> > >
> > > I don't think that combination amounts to "just" - especially not with
> all
> > the
> > > other stuff (services etc) almost certainly running in the
background...
> > >
> > > > its a real pisser when im trying to work and this happens!
> > >
> > > Save early, save often )-:
> > >
> > >
> > > James Murphy
> > > Consett, County Durham.
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