K7S5A with chipset sis 735

Radix · Post by **Radix** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 1:31 pm

It seems like im in big trouble with using this motherboard and chipset. Cant get the pulsar to use it's own IRQ...it shares either irq with graphic card or ethernet or usb host controller..

What do i have to do? change motherboard?

pls respond either here or my mail radix@trance.nu or icqnr 146142121

need help real bad

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 3:43 pm

You can't assign IRQs on that board if I remember correctly, part of the reasons it's so cheap...

You'll probably want to physically switch PCI slots.

Eurocide · Post by **Eurocide** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 10:33 pm

K7S5A still works rock solid here with Pulsar I in PCI slot 2 and Pulsar SRB I in slot 3.
Although the SRB shares its IRQ with the USB there are no problems in performance and sound.

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subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 8:40 am

<i>Although the SRB shares its IRQ with the USB there are no problems in performance and sound.</i>

This is important - if everything works with IRQ sharing (and it does, depending on your board, the device you share with, etc), no need to worry about it! Get on with the music then..

Radix · Post by **Radix** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 3:55 pm

well. i get these crackling soundas when using wavs and softsynths. and it really works like shit... ub think the card be busted somehow?

i bought it 4 months old from a music-shop
and i have had problems with it from day one.

the retailers for pulsar here in sweden says that the card should not sound like it does.
but if it works for other ppl so i guess the card is busted

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 8:29 am

I really doubt the card is 'busted.' You have one of those tricky motherboards that takes a good deal of tweaking to get running smoothly... I can't be of more help, since I don't own that board, but maybe other ECS board owners can share info, take notice especially of the slot numbers to use, already posted here.

nor17 · Post by **nor17** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 11:23 am

There is currently a new bios available, with PCI/IRQ settings for ECS K7S5A at http://forum.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ul ... forum&f=27

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Wed May 01, 2002 11:27 am

I found this, once I owned a k7s5a -> http://www.808.dk/pics/k7s5a_resource.gif I had those crackles too. I sold me k7s5a and bought an Asus tusl2-c and a celatin 1000MHz, that goes to 1333 no problem with the boxed cooler. No more crackles.

Immanuel