IRQ 5

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:08 pm

I can't seem to get all cards on IRQ5.
I have Asus p800 se.
Is it possible?
I've tried switching off IRQ steering and am running in standard PC,but one card seems to be sharing with AGP card.
Also plug and play is set to off in BIOS

Thanks

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braincell · Post by **braincell** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:56 pm

I went through this hell with my ASUS. There is only one possible way to have the cards. I have 3 Creamware cards and no other cards. All are on channel 5. Here is how I have it in my BIOS:

slot 1 and 4 are IRQ 5
Slot 2 and 6 are auto
Slot 3 is IRQ 5
Slot 5 is Auto

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:59 pm

I also had to turn off everything on the motherboard such as the audio and ethernet. I have to use USB ethernet.

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:51 pm

Music Manic, IRQ 4 is almost the lowest priority, but does it give you any problems? Don't fix it unless it's broken eh.

Post by **garyb** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:34 am

yes.

i'm not meaning to gloat, preach or be offensive, but better to get a stable system, and work within it's limitations, than to endlessly fiddle with the computer...

i have set up a number of machines and i NEVER have to work as hard as some of y'all...
as long as my hardware isn't broken and there are no shared irqs, scope ALWAYS works for me. i guess to squeeze that last bit of performance out...but most of the great records of all time were made with less gear than a scope professional card and a handful of vsts offer...

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:54 am

On 2005-07-19 01:34, garyb wrote:
yes.

i'm not meaning to gloat, preach or be offensive, but better to get a stable system, and work within it's limitations, than to endlessly fiddle with the computer...

i have set up a number of machines and i NEVER have to work as hard as some of y'all...
as long as my hardware isn't broken and there are no shared irqs, scope ALWAYS works for me. i guess to squeeze that last bit of performance out...but most of the great records of all time were made with less gear than a scope professional card and a handful of vsts offer...

What's your setup Gary?

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:55 am

I've just turned off ACPI APCI in BIOS and it absolutely flies now.Very nice,no probs yet.
Will get back to you if any probs.Odd that I can't force IRQs though.

Post by **garyb** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:22 am

there you go.i wouldn't worry much about the irq forcing issue. most motherboards seem to work that way....

as far as my setup, i have 2 computers running intel d850mv mobos w/ nvidia vid cards and 2gb rdram. one is a p4 3.2 and one is a 1.8. i have built 5 or 6 with the intel d865perl and a couple of later dells with p4s and intel chipsets. in the past i had a slot a 850mhz athlon on an asus a7v(via chipset) which worked well enough, and a dual p3 1ghz on an asus p3d w/ rambus...

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