CMEDIA / AGP IRQ Conflict

I have a KT4 Ultra (MSI-6590) with BIOS v1.4. Am using the onboard CMEDIA audio with a GeForce4 Ti4800SE AGP video card (8x). The devices seem to be sharing IRQ 16 and it is causing my audio to stutter during certain graphically intense applications (games). I need to know how to resolve this conflict BESIDES using an add-on audio card. Thanks.

Quote
Originally posted by BOGEYMAN1 CGA
Oh and chnage your agp speed to 4x ..KT 400s are known to have issues with 8x agp speed settings on their moboards.............If you really want to take advantage of 8x agp then get an nforce2 board
From what I understand, the only way to disable 8x is with a piece of scotch tape. That's just not something I'm willing to do - stick a foreign substance in my AGP slot.

Similar Messages

PCI/AGP IRQ conflict in Win2000

[size=11]Frenchy writing from France[/SIZE]
Angry & impatient I am, but first things first, my specs:
PSU: Antec Trueblue 480W
Mboard: K7N2 Delta-L, BIOS 5.2
RAM: 2*512 Mb PC3200 Samsung, set at 400Mhz
CPU: Athlon XP 2400+, set(o/c) at 11*200 (thus 1:1 with RAM)
Winfast Geforce 4Ti 4200 AGP 4X
Creative SBlive 1024 now in PCI slot 3
HSF: Taisol CGK760172, fan in extraction mode (to reduce chipset temp by 5°C!!!)
Enermax 80mm case fan
Two recent HDDs (Maxtor) & optical drives (Liteon)
USB ADSL modem
APIC disabled
OS: Microsh*t Windows 2000, SP4
System status: CPU 49°C, chipset 47°C (weather temp: 41°C!)
Here goes:
My system sometimes crashes when I simultaneously play a movie, and an mp3 (I get a "sound loop", system freezes, no blue screen but I need to reboot) or on even rarer occasions (only once, actually) when I send an email (this time I got the dreaded blue screen.
I have pinpointed a possible and highly probable cause for this: my Vcard and soundcard share the same IRQ (IRQ11 to be precise). My SBlive used to be on PCI slot 2. This was (and still is!) my IRQ share/conflicts table:
[size=11]
IRQ 11   OpenHCD standard USB Host Controller
IRQ 11   OpenHCD standard USB Host Controller
IRQ 11   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
IRQ 11   Creative SB Live! Value
IRQ 11   NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
[/SIZE]
IRQ11 is thus not shared only by the Vcard & sound card, but something told me that the first 3 lines of the table did not matter, however I've often heard (and read, even in this forum) that having a graphics card & sound card share the same IRQ is definitely not a good idea and should be avoided by all means.
Forgive my lack of knowledge, for I'm but a mere newbie in this matter. This I tried:
- Enabling APIC (whatever it is ?( I just know that it sort of "creates" more IRQs), to no avail: the number of IRQs, their layout and conflicts table remained unchanged.
- Moving SBlive from slot 2 to slot 3 and reinstalling its drivers: NOTHING changed either, soundcard IRQ remained at 11 !!! ?( ?( ?(
Upon entering 'system properties' and 'devices', when selecting the SBlive card, in the 'resource' thumbnail, everything is greyed out, no parameters can be changed! Same thing applies to other devices such as Vcard, too...
A most desperate situation this is, for it would seem that changing a PCI card's IRQ in Windows 2000 is simply IMPOSSIBLE, sacrebleu!
Needless to say, this makes me mad X( , I mean really, really MAD
[ALIGN=center][/ALIGN]
If anyone could help...

[size=11]Quote
Originally posted by wonkanoby
just changing it makes no difference it must be enabled when the os is loaded
[/SIZE]
Changing WHAT??? If you mean the IRQ, as I said that seems impossible in Win2000 (if somehow could tell me how I'd be most grateful). If you meant changing APIC setting to 'enabled', how do I enable it in windows?
But the question remains: how is it that when changing soundcard's PCI slot its IRQ remains unchanged?? ?(

Brand New mobo (P6NGM) with IRQ Conflicts, PLEASE help

I've posted multiple times in another well respected PC forum and have not resolved my issue yet. Would GREATLY appreciate assistance.
Here's my story and attempts:
I'm building a new PC for my parents:
mobo: MSI P6NGM
cpu: Pentium dual core e2200 (800fsb)
memory: 2g DDR2
video: Radeon 9600PRO 256MB PCI-E
I'm having problems in Device Manager.
the modem (Smart Link 5k Voice Modem) and something called the NVIDIA nForce System Management Controller both have a yellow-exclamation point on them and when I looked at their properties\device status says:
Quote
This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use (code 12).
If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system.
I have all of the current drivers and latest BIOS installed (and confirmed).
I believe it's telling me I have an IRQ conflict and when I looked at the Device Manager \ Resources by Type, it tells me that there are 3 devices on IRQ 7, 2 devices on IRQ10 (my PCI-E video card and the 56k modem), and 2 devices on IRQ11 (the NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management).
I did a google search and tried disabling the com ports 1 & 2 (but could only find & disable com port 1)
but this didn't improve the problem.
I also tried un-plugging 2 front USB-2 ports from the mobo.
no improvement there either.
meanwhile, IRQs 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, and 15 are empty. Is there any way to assign to these?
Please help. I just built a dual core AMD with another MSI mobo for my daughter last month and didn't have any issues with it.

yes, i tried switching to the other PCI slot (this mobo only has 2). no improvement
Last night, I also tried disconnecting everything (3 USB ports connected to the mobo) and performing a fresh install of XP. I was extremely disappointed that this didn't work either.
I also tried unistalling all of the devices on IRQ10 and rebooting with IRQ10 Reserved (so all of the devices would be assigned to something else). Then I uninstalled the modem again and enabled IRQ10, hoping that everything would have been assigned elsewhere and only the modem would be assigned to IRQ10 this time.
NO LUCK!
I've NEVER had so much difficulty with IRQs, and only installed 2 devices: the PCI-E video and a PCI modem.

IRQ conflict

My DAQ PCI-MIO doesn't pass the configuration test and looking in the device
manager of Windows 95
I see a memory conflict which can be solved easily by assigning a new range,
but also a IRQ conflict with
my IDE controller. I dont't manage to solve that last one. I know for sure
that there are IRQ adresses available,
I can't change anything in the device manager and the boot manager also doesn't
give me possibilities to
change anything. Dell says that I should contact NI, but here I also don't
find a solution. Can somebody
help me??

You can only change the IRQs using the NIDAQ Configuration Utility or
Measurement & Automation Explorer if you are using Windows NT and an AT board.
If you are using a PCI board, the board's resources are assigned by the BIOS at
boot-up, and they can only be changed from the BIOS. If you're experiencing
resource conflicts with a PCI-board, I would suggest switching PCI slots,
preferably to one closer to the motherboard. Some BIOSes will let you reserve
resources. Try reserving an IRQ for your board. You can also try upgrading
your BIOS. If you're using a DELL computer, I would recommend trying all
revisions of their BIOS to see if that resolves the problem.
Regards,
Erin Bray
"Liberman, Sergey" wrote:
> You can usually change IRQs for NI hardw
are in NIDAQ Configuration Utility
> (for older versions of NIDAQ) or in Measurement and Automation Explorer (for
> NIDAQ versions 6.5 and later).
>
> --
> -- Sergey Liberman
> -- Don't use Reply button! Thank you.

PCI-1428 BIOS IRQ conflict on boot

My PCI-1428 board works fine in a Dell Diminsion 8600. Moved it to a new Dell Optiplex 780 and I get a bios error when I first turn on the computer saying there is an IRQ conflict. Is there any what to get this card to work in the Optiplex 780?

Hi JoePar,
I found a good KnowledgeBase that explains
this issue. I think it might be helpful to look at it, and try what's suggested.
You also might want to contact your PC manufacturer to see if they have any
Bios updates or so for your PC.
Esmail Hamdan | Applications Engineering | National Instruments

IRQ Conflicts and some other issues

I have a K7N2 Delta-L mobo with an XP2400+ and an MSI FX5600-VTDR128, the reason for this question is that I have some problems, the first of them is at the system information page of XP:
=================================================
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   Direct memory access controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
IRQ 20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
IRQ 20   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
IRQ 22   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
IRQ 22   NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Memory Address 0xE4000000-0xE5FFFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Memory Address 0xE4000000-0xE5FFFFFF   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF   PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF   Tekram DC-395U/UW/F, DC-315/U or DC-305I/E PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapter V3.0.3
=================================================
Looking at this it looks pretty bad if you ask me :(
But when I look at device manager I see no conflicts and every device that's listed here does not have any conflicts reported, anyway here are my IRQ (according to System Information)
===========================================
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard   OK
IRQ 3   Communications Port (COM2)   OK
IRQ 4   Communications Port (COM1)   OK
IRQ 5   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK
IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 17   Tekram DC-395U/UW/F, DC-315/U or DC-305I/E PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapter V3.0.3   OK
IRQ 19   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600   OK
IRQ 20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 20   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface   OK
IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 22   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 22   NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller   OK
===========================================
So, my first question is obvious, what's wrong with my system?, am I missing some BIOS setting?, I believe APIC may have something to do, but this isn't the case because it is enabled (at least it says so in BIOS). I have the latest BIOS for this mobo (5.40)
The second issue is something strange that Sisoft Sandra keep telling me: "SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate", an here's what the help says:
=================================
Notice N224 - SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. This information is reported verbatim and cannot be checked by Sandra. While brand-name companies set this information most generic manufacturers use generic data that is meaningless. This issue generates more technical support queries than all other issues combined.
Fix: If the information is not correct, check for a BIOS update (clear DMI pool) or fix any errors using the DMICFG tool provided with the board. Alternatively, disable Sandra’s DMI/SMBIOS reporting from module Options.
=================================
Is this "normal"???
Anyway, I hope any of you to be able to help me.
Thanks in advice,
Fernando

Although I am unsure as to what is exactly your problem, but from what I see everything seems ok
Regarding the Sisoft Sandra remarks, don't worry about it.
Regarding the Computer in Device Manager
Try changing it to
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC
This has not given me any problems at all.
Here is my system example
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard   OK
IRQ 3   Communications Port (COM2)   OK
IRQ 4   Communications Port (COM1)   OK
IRQ 5   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 5   NVIDIA NForce MCP2 IDE Controller   OK
IRQ 5   OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK
IRQ 5   NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK
IRQ 10   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 10   NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller   OK
IRQ 10   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit (Dolby(R) Digital)   OK
IRQ 11   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management   OK
IRQ 11   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK
IRQ 11   NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface   OK
IRQ 11   WinXP Promise FastTrak 376 (tm) Controller   OK
IRQ 12   PS/2 Compatible Mouse   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK

KT4 MS6590 IRQ conflicts

Is there any way I can change the on-board sound IRQ from 11 to 5(e.g)?? ?(
I need to do this to avoid conflicts as my Video card and usb controller. ;(
this conflict is causing 3D mark not to run and other system probs such as BSD's X(
Here is a listing of my IRQ table.
IRQ 0   System timer   OK
IRQ 1   PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)   OK
IRQ 3   Communications Port (COM2)   OK
IRQ 4   Communications Port (COM1)   OK
IRQ 5   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller   OK
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK
IRQ 10   Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC #2   OK
IRQ 10   Win XP Promise FastTrak 376 (tm) Controller   OK
IRQ 11   NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X     OK
IRQ 11   CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device   OK
IRQ 11   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller   OK
IRQ 12   VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller   OK
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK
IRQ 14   Primary IDE Channel   OK
IRQ 15   Secondary IDE Channel   OK
MY system MSI KT4, 512mb PC3200 400mhz, MSi MX 440SE 8X AGP, ATHLON XP220+, 450Watt PSU Q-Tech Gold, Win XP Pro SP1, 120GB Maxtor, 100GB IBM, 80 GB Maxtor, Lite-on CDRW, Pioneer DVD rom.
Have tried to manually configure IRQ's to no avail using bios setup.
I have disabled ACPI function in bios and removed ACPI computer in win XP so reverting to standard PC setup.
this removed a problem of the Video card having an IRQ of 123!!!
any help would be appreciated thanx in advance

0   System timer
1   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2   Programmable interrupt controller
3   Communications Port (COM2)
4   Communications Port (COM1)
5   VIA PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
5   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
6   Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7   ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
8   System CMOS/real time clock
9   SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
10   VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
10   Creative SB Live! series
10   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11   VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
11   NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
11   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
12   VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host
Controller
12   NEXT 56K PCI V.90 Fax Modem
12   ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
13   Numeric data processor
14   Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14   VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
15   Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15   VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
Hi
Help!!!!
How to move that usb controler?

Video and lan irq conflict

KT4V MB w/amd 2600+ barton
GeForce 5600 fx ultra
windows 98se
512 mb ram
Appears to be no option to force lan irq which subsequently follows the video irq.
I have tried reserving irqs to force an different irq with the lan disabled, but it still loads on the same irq as the video card. Any suggestions or is the lan sharing with the agp port and so may consider it useless?

Yup buy a NIC and pop it in . I had that same problem sharing my onboard sound with AGP video.I know people say sharing IRQs in XP pro is no biggie but with so many available IRQs i dont understand how anyone would want to , especially if they are hardcore gamers such as myself........
I popped in my Gamer x soudblaster and killed that problem .

Onboard IRQ Conflicts

I'm about to get an AMD 64 system and I had my eyes set on the MSI K8T Neo 2 until I read the review on http://www.hardocp.com .
The review states that when using the onboard gigabit lan there is a considerable performance lag. I was wondering if any of you have noticed this and is it a real problem?
Also, are there any conflicts with any of the onboard features and the pci/agp slots?
Thanks

I did look at the review. Here is what it said about the lan lag:
Network Utilization Tests
Hagel Technologies’ DU Meter software was used in conjunction with Windows Task Manager to measure the performance of the onboard Realtek Gigabit NIC. DU meter was used to measure bandwidth, with Windows TaskMan to monitor the CPU utilization on the test system. For the test itself, a 750MB archive file containing various sized .WMA audio files for the large file transfer test and 750MB worth of various sized .WMA audio files for the small files transfer test were used in conjunction with an Intel Gigabit NIC on the host system, and a crossover cable to connect the host system to the test system. A crossover cable was used to rule out any possible bandwidth losses due to hub or switch passage.
The Realtek NIC performed well as far as average transfer rate for a Gigabit based Ethernet solution. The average upload was much faster, beating the download speed by 10 MB/s. However, this increased speed comes at an unacceptable cost of an almost 50% CPU utilization, with spikes as high as 60%. The CPU utilization during download was not much better, averaging between 30-40%.
The large file transfer test results identically mimicked those of the small file transfer tests. We again see the unacceptably high CPU utilization for both download and upload as well. MSI’s choice of the Realtek chip seems to be less than optimal due to the high system performance cost incurred while transferring files.

[TV@Master] Possible IRQ conflict?

I recently purchased and installed MSI TV@nywhere Master and encountered nothing but problems since.
I had a hell of a time convincing MSI that I was in Canada and not in Afghanistan. It would also not believe I had a cable hooked up to it. I finally got that fixed then I tried setting up the channels using Autoscan ... WOW what an experience that was. For a few minutes I could actually see TV channels whipping by. Then nothing but a black screen.
I tried a reboot and got a hissing noise before XP even started. I was not sure if it was the TV tuner or the radio, so I opened MSI radio and then shut it down. The hiss disappeared but so did my internet connection. Actually the router shut down one port. I run a Blitzz Wireless G router with 2 computers hooked up by LAN cable and one using the wireless. Both the other computer on LAN and the one on wireless stayed connected.
I uninstalled both the MSI PVS and radio and did a reboot. Nothing! I had to repair XP from the CD to get back to where I was before the fiasco started.
I am convinced there is a conflict somewhere and am looking for solutions before returning the product and buying a different brand.
Would the drivers mentioned in another thread be the solution or using a different PCI slot?
Any input would be greatly appreciated. I hate downtime.

added [TV@Master] subject tag
download the beta drivers from the sticky, uninstall the TV tuner drivers and MSIPVS application, then follow the installation instructions in the TV@nywhere Master sticky, and the beta drivers sticky

IRQ conflict on Dell Inspiron 5100 with DAQCard 6024E

Hi,
I have DELL INSPIRON 5100 and I am trying to make working my DAQCard 6024E , but it gives me following error on MAX Device Test Panel: The Device is not responding to the First Level IRQ. Would you like to continue anyway? Please see attached file for IRQ allocation on my Laptop.
What kind of drivers you requested from DELL? Can you please share those drivers so I can try out for my laptop.
Thanks,
Kishor Senjaliya"
Attachments:
IRQ.doc ‏85 KB

Wow, it looks like you have quite a bit of stuff on IRQ 10. My guess would be that another device is using that IRQ and not letting the 6024E use IRQ 10. Fortunately, it looks like you should have plenty of other resources available, so I would try to configure your card on another IRQ. Hopefully you can go to the properties on that card in the device manager and try to manualy set the IRQ to one that isn't being used. Good luck.
Steve.

Jackd xruns (wifi irq conflict???)

/etc/security/limits.conf:
* - rtprio 0
* - nice 0
@audio - rtprio 99
@audio - nice -15
@audio - memlock 400000
cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 3435857 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 6999 IO-APIC-edge i8042
8: 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 28017 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
12: 309292 IO-APIC-edge i8042
14: 63717 IO-APIC-edge libata
15: 108125 IO-APIC-edge libata
16: 422243 IO-APIC-fasteoi wifi0, ohci1394
17: 906900 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4, yenta, Indigo IO, i915@pci:0000:00:02.0
18: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb3, tifm_7xx1, eth0
19: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb2, sdhci:slot0
20: 367 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel
21: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, ehci_hcd:usb5
NMI: 0
LOC: 542456
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
qjackctl executes the following on jackd startup:
chrt -f -p 89 `pidof "jackd"`
I'm using an Echo Indigo IO on a satellite a135-s4656.
With wireless disabled, kernel26rt (2.6.21.rt8) from proaudio repo gives no xruns with 64 frames/period.
With wireless enabled, kernel26rt gives plenty of xruns.
vanilla kernel gives xruns both ways...
Is there a way to swap IRQs between wifi and the card slot?
Any ideas?? Is acpi an issue? I need the wireless enabled because I'm trying to collaborate by routing Ardour through Skype.

So I finally figured this out... The following page was enlightening:
http://tapas.affenbande.org/wordpress/?page_id=6
I guess the vanilla kernel is a regular preemptible kernel without threads for hard irqs?
Anyway, the following worked for me with the real-time kernel:
chrt -f -p 99 `pidof "IRQ-17"`
I had tried this before with the vanilla kernel, but I was confused because I couldn't find a pid for any IRQ process. I didn't realize that this had to do with what type of kernel I was running.
Anyway, everything works great now (jackd running with a priority of 75), even with compiz fusion cranked up!

645, GeForce2, XP and AGP IRQ

I've had a 645 Ultra-C MB for about 6 months now and all was fine until I "upgraded" to Windows XP...
I've hit a problem where the NVidia GF2 drivers don't start correctly and seem to have found that I need to set the VGA IRQ in the bios (The M$oft GF2 drivers do work, but don't support Glide/OpenGL).
I think I saw a couple of references to this in other threads, but can someone please confirm that this feature is lacking in the MSI AMI BIOS and that I therefore can't solve the problem? Is there an official list of things that MSI have committed to fixing in future BIOS releases?
Steve

Quote
Originally posted by Assaf
Sounds like that's it. If it's got an IRQ that means it's enabled by default.
In the bios PNP section, are the resources set to auto and PNP OS set to NO ?
Resources are set to auto, but there's no setting for PNP OS that I can find. I think the problem is made worse by Windows XP which doesn't necessarily pay attention to what the BIOS sets. It currently has my display driver set to IRQ 16 (which is a virtual IRQ), despite the BIOS showing IRQ 10.
All I've got to believe in on this is similar problem reports about Windows 2000 and one or two I've find of similar problems with Windows XP. The problem didn't exist with Windows 98SE, so I know that it's not a physical hardware problem as such.
Sounds like my son can't play Medal of Honour (the offending OpenGL game) until I upgrade my PC to a new motherboard...

Can't enable AGP!

Hi, I upgraded from a Geforce 2 MX 32Mb to a Geforce 4 Ti4200 64Mb. Unfortunately I see very little improvement in performance! My 3D Benchmark2001E has gone from 4500 to 5500, and in practice it's even worse: games like Return to Castle wolfenstein still drop to as low as 10 FPS!!
One thing I've noticed is that when I go into control panel->display->MSI information, the boxes concerning AGP are not ticked and it won't let me tick them! My motherboard has AGP enabled in the bios and is AGP 4 compatable.
I've tried the drivers from the CD, the drivers from the MSI website, and some detonator 30.00 drivers, none of which help.
There's only two things I can think I've done "wrong/differently".
1) I didnt uninstall the geforce 2 before installing the new card.
2) I installed the geforce tweak utility when I had my geforce 2 and the first few times I loaded it up after upgrading it said I didnt have a geforce card - so it's obviously a bit confused
Can anyone please help because this is the biggest waste of £140 I've ever made!
Here's my system:
Athlon XP 1700
Microstar turbo motherboard
256 Mb PC133
Geforce 4 Ti4200 64Mb
Windows 98

Uninstall any GeForce tweak utility.
Check in the Control Panel/ System if there are any devices with a question mark or are marked as disabled. At Display here you can check the info about the driver you are using. If any device has a question mark then uninstall it (them) and reboot. It might be a good idea to uninstall the display driver. Next time Win 98 starts provide the necessary drivers (even the latest for AGP, if requested). Make sure you are using the appropriate Display driver (and not an older version installed automatically by Win98.
Check also the load of the CPU when idle. If you get a reading close to full load then there might be an IRQ conflict, or some driver not correctly installed.
If unsuccessful, you can backup your Win98 using Norton Ghost on another drive, then format the system partition and clean install Win98, providing the right drivers. This will only take you about 40 min and you can see if a clean install solves the problem. If not, you can have your system back the way it was in just a few minutes.
Bluesky

IRQ problems with 865PE Neo2V and MSI NX6600-VTD256 VGA

Hi All,
I thought I would try a posting here first for help before filling out the cumbersome service request form. I recently purchased the 865PE Neo2V motherboard with an intel 3.2Ghz processor, 1 Twinmos 1024MB DDr400 memory, 2 Maxtor Diamond 250GB S-ATA HDD's and the MSI NX6600 VTD 256 AGP VGA card. I am also running a Plextor 716a dvd burner and a Toshiba DVD Rom on the secondary IDE slot nothing on the primary for 2 S-ATA drives and 2 P-ATA for a total of 4. I have always had a very good experience with MSI products in the past, easy to install and for the most part problem free. That is until now. I am having a rough time with the VGA card and IRQ conflicts. In the past with all my MSI motherboards I was able to choose ( Reserve IRQ for VGA) Not so with the 865PE NEO 2V.( Unless I am missing something and doing it wrong) To make a long story short the MSI NX 6600 (NVIDIA GeForce 6600) VGA card is sharing IRQ 16 with Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2 and Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE. For the most part the system runs OK except every so often during startup the system loses the VGA Card and tries to reinstall the card and software. After reinstalling the software the first time it happened I subsequently tried choosing Cancel on the prompt to install and simply reboot the computer. To my surprise the system always seems to see the VGA card on the second boot! and works fine. I have been running the system for two days now with the USB disabled in the bios which gives the VGA card IRQ 16 by itself, so far the system has seen the VGA card each and every startup without problems. Since the USB and AGP are fixed I am unable to move anything. Unfortunately I need the USB for my printer and scanner. I would also like to add that I have the latest BIOS upgrade for the Motherboard and the latest MSI Drivers for the VGA card.
Any suggestions on how to get the VGA card on its own IRQ?
Thanks for any input
Mike
Edited to add that For an OS I have WinXP Pro service pack2

Quote
or rather, the poorly installed drivers.
Frankenputer
I take umbrage with your statement. I installed the latest drivers from MSI correctly! I also chose not to install the very latest as they are a Beta version with the warning they may be unstable! Perhaps I was under the misguided impression that I would be better off with the latest drivers offered by MSI for the particular VGA card I paid my good money for! ( this is the main reason I thought the problem was not driver related!) It is not my fault that MSI dropped the ball in its offerings to its valued customers!
Just because I was being polite to Hans who offered so much good advice and showed such a genuine concern for my troubles doesn't mean I had not read the advice from Nvidia on how to uninstall and reinstall "their" drivers! I will admit though that from my read on Nvidias suggestions they did not go as far as to recommend uninstalling the norton works completely, only disabling it!
On another note My computer seems to be starting so far without the problem! On yet another note after installing Nvidias driver package Version: 91.31 You get a warning every time you start up that the SLI is disabled. (unless your sli equipped) I found a fix for it and have it stored on my web space if anyone wants it. It is a zip file and I guarantee that I've scanned it with Norton and it is virus free. After unzipping it and clicking on it it makes an entry into the system registry removing the warning.
It is here: http://home.casema.nl/mdybus/FixSLIBug.zip
Modified to add:
I just checked my email and have a reply from the service department. Here is what they said:
Quote
Dear customer,
The latest BIOS can be installed using Live Update:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/software/swr/spt_swr_list.php?kind
=1
The latest driver for the VGA can be found on www.nvidia.com. We (and
other VGA vendors) do not make our own drivers, nVidia (and ATI) make
the drivers. So at the website from nVidia the latest drivers can be
found.
Best Regards,

CMEDIA / AGP IRQ Conflict

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for