G400 + W2K + Quake III = Lockup

[scsi_guru]

Sorry..but I just checked and the SB Live card is in slot 4.

[This message has been edited by scsi_guru (edited 29 May 2001).]

[scsi_guru]

Here are my system specs:

Tyan Trinity 400 with 1.07 BIOS
G400 (5.52 drivers) (AGP)
SB Live Value (I think it's in Slot 1)
Linksys 10/100 Ethernet card
Adaptec AHA2940U2W SCSI card
Seagate Cheetah 18XL HDD
Teac Floppy drive
Antec SX830 case with 300Watt PS
512MB Crucial RAM
Windows 2000 with SP2
Plextor 40X UltraPlex CDROM
Plextor 12/4/32 CDR



[This message has been edited by scsi_guru (edited 29 May 2001).]

[Kruzin]

Move the SBLive out of that 1st slot.
On most mobos, the 1st PCI slot (the one next to the AGP slot) shares resources with the AGP slot. It's best to leave it empty.

[scsi_guru]

Another thing that I would like to mention is that there are 5 devices sharing IRQ 11.

[DentyCracker]

That is most likely due to ACPI being turned on, and is normal in Win2k. You should check your screen as it is starting up (before win2k starts to load) to see how the interrupts are actually assigned by the bios, and move the PCI cards around until the display adapter gets a unique irq.

[scsi_guru]

Should I turn ACPI off in the BIOS???

[Wiking]

yes, turn it off, boot win2k, install "Standard PC" in the device manager(under Computer), and then u restart. when u boot into win2k you'll have to install the drivers to all the devices on PCI/AGP bus(comes automaticly up). then they'll get different IRC's.

Though it didn't solve my problem, which is the same that you have.

=)

[scsi_guru]

I turned it off in the BIOS and I couldn't boot into W2K. The system just goes into a continual loop of reboots...

[Wiking]

hmmm....help? somebody?

I just found the way to do this in another forum. worked for me...