[plug] Soundcard IRQ

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 14 May 1999, Oliver White wrote:

> Obviously this seems to be an IRQ problem. My question is this: how can
> I find out what IRQ to use, without resorting to a process of
> elimination, and does anyone have annother diagnosis for the problem?

Oliver,
Is it a PCI or ISA card?
Do you know how to change the irq, e.g. any jumpers?
What started this problem? New hardware, software upgrade, ...?
Is it intermittant?

Check /proc/interupts, BIOS boot messages, Linux boot messages ("dmsg"
command). Make a list of all your IRQs.
  If its an ISA sound card, tell your bios to reserve the desired irq,
and not allocate it to any PnP devices.

As a last resort, Win9x makes a very good hardware diagnostic program.

ciao,

Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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