Sound card and Network adapter sharing same IRQ.

WCHeyerdahl · Post by **WCHeyerdahl** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:00 pm

Ive got a network adapter 3ComÂ® PCI 3C905B-TX
and a sound card sound blaster live value that are using the same IRQ,the problem is it causes the sound to pop.
ive tryed changing the irq but windows wont let me.
i even unchecked the "use automatic setting" no go.
Any help would be apreciated.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:30 pm

change slots

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:00 pm

yeah, change the slots they are in. And also go into your bios and reset the automatic irq settings so it will reassign everything.

Sound blaster lives have always hogged too many irqs and therefore cause instability in some situations. You might want to try a new sound card. I have an audigy and they seem to have fixed this problem.

WCHeyerdahl · Post by **WCHeyerdahl** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:24 pm

The network adapter is intergrated to the mother board.
the Sound blaster however is not, would changing slots still work?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:17 am

WCHeyerdahl wrote:The network adapter is intergrated to the mother board.
the Sound blaster however is not, would changing slots still work?

yep. pick a slot furthest from the slot its in now.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:16 am

on motherboards the lowest slot usally starts at 3 or 5 depending on what you put in it, then follow the rule of skip a slot till you reach the top.