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Reconfiguring an IRQ within Windows 98/Me - PCI
Now that you have identified the offending card and the IRQ in contention, you
will want to try to reconfigure its IRQ setting. To do this, you must open the
Device Manager. Select
Start
–
Settings
–
Control Panel
–
System
, and click the
Device Manager
tab. Find the entry for the PCI card that is causing the problem,
highlight it, and click the
Properties
button. In the properties window that appears,
select the
Resources
tab. Make sure that “Use automatic settings” is unchecked,
highlight “Interrupt Request,” and click the
Change Setting
button. Some cards
will allow you to change the IRQ setting at this point, while others will give you a
message saying, “This resource setting cannot be modified.” If you are allowed to
change the IRQ, a window will appear that lets you choose from several different
values. Scroll through the different values until you find one that says, “No
devices are conflicting.” Choose that one and keep selecting
OK
until Device
Manager is closed, then restart Windows.
If you are unable to reconfigure the IRQ and you have a free PCI slot, you may
want to try moving your Echo card or the offending card to a different slot. Make
sure your computer is off first, and follow the safety instructions in this manual for
hardware installation. Sometimes this can help, because Windows will assign a
different IRQ depending on which slot the PCI card is in.
Hopefully, your system will now be functioning properly. If not, please refer to the
“Contacting Customer Service” section of this manual. We’ll do our best to help
you solve your problem.