How do I change my G400 IRQ settings

[adriant]

HI,

I tried to isolate my G400 MAX to IRQ9 after disabling SB16 support on my SBLive, in the control panel I cant change the IRQ at all .

Any help would be greatly apreciated


Adrian

[IceStorm]

You cannot change your IRQ settings from Windows. Even with a PnP aware OS, Windows won't let you force IRQ assigments for PCI or AGP devices.

PCI and AGP slots are automagically assigned IRQs on boot by the system's BIOS. You'll need to go into your BIOS to manually assign IRQs to slots on your motherboard - that's what I do. I've AGP (AGP, PCI Slot1, PCI Slot5) using either 10 or 11, PCI Slot2 using 11, and PCI Slot3 using 9, I think. Even doing this, USB takes an IRQ on it's own, and it was hit and miss to get it to not take the IRQ of the G400.

It's a tricky thing to set up. Play around with moving your cards to see what works best.

Just my $0.02


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