how can i force my networkcontroller (asus p4pe) from irq 9

helldriver · Post by **helldriver** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:44 am

it´s a onboard networkcontroller which is sharing the same irqs as my pulsars did (irq9).
to increase the performance i think it´s better if the pulsars have irq on their own, because irq 5 is free and 5 would be perfect for the networkcontroller since irq 9 is the best for the pulsars.
i´ve tried to contact asus but i can´t reach them.
if anyone has a hint to solve it, don´t hesitate to tell me.

thanks

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:10 am

Did you try moving the cards to a different PCI slot? Usually if IRQ's are shared, the devices share a 'branch' of the PCI busm which limits the bandwidth to the cards.

Remove the cards from Device Manager before moving them to another PCI slot.

helldriver · Post by **helldriver** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 2:31 pm

no, but i forced my both cards in the bios to irq 9.
maybe i should force them to irq 5 cause the networkcontroller uses irq 9 by default.

can anyone recommend using two creamwarecards on irq 5 ?

is irq 5 that much worse than using the cards on irq 9 ?

thanks

Post by **Guest** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 3:28 pm

Using IRQ 5 is a better choice.
It is better if you let your 2 cards use the same IRQ.

helldriver · Post by **helldriver** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:47 pm

i´ve forced my two pulsars to irq 5, but the networkcontroller has followed to irq 5.

a kind of strange - what can i do?

dbmac · Post by **dbmac** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:57 pm

Move the network card to another PCI slot - the slot it's in is sharing with one of the Pulsar card slots.

/dave

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:35 pm

It's an onboard network controller so moving won't work.

helldriver, what IRQ was the network controller on before you set the Pulsars to IRQ 9? I suspect they were sharing back then, too. If so, the PCI slots are sharing the same sub bus with the network controller and there's only two was to make sure the controller and pulsars don't share: move the pulsar cards or disable your network controller.

Again, if it works like that, sharing, then there's no need to fix it IMO

What do you mean with 'increase performance'? Being able to work in lower ULLI?

dbmac · Post by **dbmac** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:30 pm

On 2003-11-03 20:35, at0mic wrote:
It's an onboard network controller so moving won't work.

Oops, missed that.
I guess you'll have to move one of the Pulsar cards if you want unshared IRQ.

/dave

[ This Message was edited by: dbmac on 2003-11-03 22:30 ]

zezappa · Post by **zezappa** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:44 am

I think the network controler will always follow the IRQ assigned to pci slot 1, P4B is like that.

helldriver · Post by **helldriver** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:02 am

my 2 pulsar are in slot 3 and 4, i don´t have problems sharing irq 9 network controller with the irq 9 of the pulsars but i think it´s always better when pulsars are alone on one irq.
i´ve tried to contact asus but i can´t reach them yet, so i think that have to go on with my current setup.
what i ought to try is to put the cards in another pci slots.

damn onboard controllers!

but thanks to all who´d help me

Post by **Guest** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:01 pm

you still have other IRQs to toy with like 10 or 11.

it is better for the 2 DSP to be on one IRQ but and it really does not matter what IRQ it is on (5/9/10/11) except for priority during boot up.

you network card should not be chasing them to 10 or 11.

another other option would be to disable the on board network card and get you another Network card.

[ This Message was edited by: antar on 2003-11-04 13:03 ]

arela · Post by **arela** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:30 pm

Just checking, and guess...my 2 boards (pulsar2 on slot 1 and powersampler on slot 5) is sharing IRQ 3 with the onboard gigabit.
I have a P4PE too....strange!
But no trouble jet.
Don't now how it will work with lot of trafic on the network.

Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 2:57 am

IRQ 3??

If I am not mistaken this IRQ is reserved for COM port.

As far as I know you can only use the following IRQ 5/9/10 or 11 for these type of boards.

Using IRQ 3 is very strange,

Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 3:01 am

BTW : are you running your system in standard mode or ACPI mode??

helldriver · Post by **helldriver** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:56 am

i´m running my system in standard mode

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 8:11 am

I have a P4PE and I recently installed 2 Pulsar1 cards in it... I put them in slots 1 and 5 - these 2 slots are hardwired to share with each other but nothing else it seems.

I'm using ACPI and the Pulsars use IRQ 21 while sharing with nothing else (Broadcom gigabit ethernet is on IRQ 20).

I think these newer boards are really designed with ACPI in mind, so that there are enough IRQs for the insane amount of onboard stuff they have. So if you want to use Standard PC mode, you are gonna have to disable a lot of onboard stuff.

peace

[ This Message was edited by: darkr3zin on 2003-11-05 12:11 ]

arela · Post by **arela** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 4:37 pm

Yes IRQ3 is for com2, but that I dont need so it was dissabled in BIOS, thats probably why I got it!! (I use com1 -IRQ4 for a Yamaha MU)
As i can recall, I was fiddling around to get an IRQ not shared with the network, but after a while i just accepted the way it was, and when it did work, then

.
There might be a way around this problem thru BIOS, but not shure if it is something to gain from it.

helldriver · Post by **helldriver** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:34 pm

can i change my system from standard pc modus to acpi modus without a new reinstall of win xp?
can anyone recommend it?

ontik · Post by **ontik** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 3:58 pm

Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System Properties -> Hardware Tab -> Device Manager.

From here you expand 'Computer' and you will find that your PC will be in ACPI mode....

UNLESS!! You PC is not ACPI capable. XP Examines your hardware during installation and installs ACPI by defualt if it can.

If you purposely selected Standard PC Mode during installation and wish to change to ACPI, right click on the 'Standard PC' listing beneath 'Computer' then select "Update Driver..."

-Select "Install from a list or Specific Location" and click "Next"
-Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install," and click "Next"
-Select "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface" from the list and click "Next"

From there I can't remember precisely but if you read the wizard as it continues its all pretty staright forward from there as thats just about the last step IIRC. The process will take a little while and you may have to reconfigure a few things (such as screen res etc.) and reload some drivers including you CW drivers. JUst follow the prompts, do as instructed and make sure you have all your drivers handy before beginning. You might find it a little daunting the first time you do it but you'll be fine.

Hope this helps.

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 1:02 am

it sounds like the slots you have chosen are hard wired in the motherboard to share IRQs with the network chip, so when you force them they also force whatever else is on that IRQ line.

I'm not sure about the board you have but you can usually find 2 slots shared only with each other , or shared with a motherboard device you do not use (which u disable in bios)

EDIT
I just had a look at the p4pe manual on page 40 is the IRQ table, if you use slot 1 and 5 then you will not be sharing with any motherboard resource, only each other which is the easiest way to make creamware cards work.

[ This Message was edited by: Neutron on 2003-11-09 01:10 ]