[plug] Networking Problems

[Garth Atkinson]

Daniel wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> I just purchased a Micra Digital netoworking kit with 2x10/100mbps PCI
> Ethernet cards, and a cable etc. I put it into my other machine, and it's
> working great. But on this machine, things aren't so good, it's in and
> everything, but I am having an IRQ conflict.. The network card is on IRQ 9,
> but my ESS1868 AudioDrive (soundcard) is also on there, and there is s
> conflict.. how could I work around this? It works alright on my other PC, as
> the soundcard uses IRQ 5, and IRQ 11.
> Help would be greatly appreciated sometime tonight if possible...
> 
> Regards
> Daniel Pearson
Hello Daniel

Go into the BIOS and modify the PCI setup. Mark IRQ 9 as ISA, not PNP.
The network card should relocate to another IRQ. The ess1868 wont
because it doesnt.

Garth