Response to Milco - IRQ Settings

[Allen Hallada]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>ok this is what I have, unfortunatly it's in italian.....I hope I translated right...."gestore" means controller or administrator or something like that, I'm not sure
I'll read up on the asus manual like you said and see what I can find out. hey thanks a million
Milco
IRQ 0 system Timer OK
IRQ 1 keyboard standard 101/102 keys Microsoft Natural Keyboard OK
IRQ 2 Controller interrupt programmable (PIC) OK
IRQ 3 Port comunication(COM2) OK
IRQ 4 Port comunication (COM1) OK
IRQ 5 Gestore di IRQ ACPI per la modifica degli IRQ PCI OK
IRQ 5 Trust WDM Modem Driver OK
IRQ 6 Controller disco floppy standard OK
IRQ 7 Port printer ECP (LPT1) OK
IRQ 8 system clock CMOS at real time OK
IRQ 9 SCI IRQ utilized by bus ACPI OK
IRQ 9 Gestore di IRQ ACPI for the modification of IRQ PCI OK
IRQ 9 VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 9 VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 9 VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 10 Gestore di IRQ ACPI for the modification of IRQ PCI OK
IRQ 10 CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device OK
IRQ 10 CMI8738/C3DX PCI MPU-401 OK
IRQ 11 Gestore di IRQ ACPI for the modification of IRQ PCI OK
IRQ 11 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200 OK
IRQ 11 Digidesign Digi 001 OK
IRQ 12 Mouse PS/2 compatibile OK
IRQ 13 Coprocessor matematico OK
IRQ 14 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) OK
IRQ 15 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) OK

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Milco,
There are alot of things that can be done here. First thing is to put Digi in slot 4 of that motherboard. Next disable your USB in Bios unless you absolutely need it. You can always enable it later if you do. Disable onboard sound in bios and use your reference monitors for everything with your Digi001 sound card. See your motherboard owner's manual for this. Keep PC slot 1 open (Next to AGP Video Card slot)
It appears that you don't have the onboard Promise controllers. In the future for best hard drive performance, I'd recommend that you buy a Promise ATA100 or ATA133 TX2 Controller card. Do the things above first and then repost your IRQ settings here. We are trying to get Digi on IRQ 9 or 10 by itself and PC slot 4 usually defaults to IRQ 9 on this motherboard. That may be different for the boards without Promise controllers though. In that case it may be PC slot 3. Either way we should be able to hard force the IRQ for either slot in bios. That is where you assign which IRQ that particular slot is using. It is in Bios/Advanced/ PCI Configuration or PC/PnP settings. Easy to figure out on this motherboard.
Good luck.
Allen [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]