ICQ re IRQ.

[rayc]

Hello,
I've had to get a replacement computer as the 1999 motherboard in my old one spat the dummy.
I've reinstalled Cakewalk 9.3 and my Inca88 card - both had a nice relationship in the last comp.
I've been getting a message on my INCA manager screen that says IRQ conflict.
I've looked up all the info I can but really don't understand what to do. I know I have to sep the card IRQ priority from other hardware BUT do I do this for the vards management pro or the list of I/O's that also come up in the device manager/properties screen.
I've disabled the inbuilt sound card.
What can I downgrade, lower in priorities?
I only use the machine to record so I don't need much else to be to the fore. On thsi machine I use cakewalk, waverepair & media player but not much else
I'm rather at a loss with this, sorry.

 

[ido1957]

Ray - Maybe the info at this link will help....

http://www.webtechgeek.com/How-to-Resolve-IRQ-Conflict.htm

 

[Creamyapples1]

From personal experience: When I added my second M-Audio Delta 410 awhile back (I was running two, at that point) I got a similar IRQ conflict message. My solution was pretty straight forward, I changed the PCI slot the second card was situated in, until I hit a slot that did not result in the message. Not certain that this will solve your problem, but it'd be worth a shot.

 

[cusebassman]

From personal experience: When I added my second M-Audio Delta 410 awhile back (I was running two, at that point) I got a similar IRQ conflict message. My solution was pretty straight forward, I changed the PCI slot the second card was situated in, until I hit a slot that did not result in the message. Not certain that this will solve your problem, but it'd be worth a shot.

That should fix it, with a little experimentation. I don't remember what exactly the IRQ number of each PCI slot means, but I know multiple PCI slots can have the same one, and some devices can't operate unless they have their own unique number (from what I recall), or they at the very least can't share that number with other particular PCI cards. So, try swapping it to another slot.

 

[rayc]

ido1957
Creamyapples1
cusebassman
I had read about changing slots & was hoping I wouldn't have to open it up again - I still don't moving stuff inside a comp - after all these years - still afraid I'll kill it I suppose.
Since the consensus is change slots - and supported by the literature thanks Ido - that's what I'll have to do.
Thankyou folks.
I'll report back if I'm unsuccesful.

 

[rayc]

I moved the card & all appears to be OK. I'm going to do a little mixing work in a few minutes so I'll come back moaning if the problems persists.
Thanks folks!

 

[mikemorgan]

You can also go into the motherboards BIOS screen and turn off services you don't need like printer port, modem, on-board sound (in particular). In fact, I would recommend you do this before installing any pci cards as the IRQ's seem to shuffle after each reconfiguration.