TerranUp16
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Ok, so I picked-up an X-Fi XtremeGamer not long ago and have been having problems with it (worked fine initially, but I've realized that its ability to work fine is just kinda more or less chance) ever since. I have tracked these problems down to one major IRQ conflict- both my 8800GTS 640mb SSC and X-Fi XtremeGamer want to use IRQ slot 18. So I should be able to pull-up the Device Manager, right-click on of the two conflicting devices, go to properties, turn-off auto-IRQ assignment, and manually override the IRQ's, right? Nope. That little checkbox to turn-off auto-IRQ assignment is grayed-out, thus not allowing me to modify my IRQ's through the OS.
Ok, no problem, right? That's what BIOS are for, eh? Well, I'm using the latest BIOS for my A8N-SLI mobo, and I restart the computer and trudge into them. I have the IRQ's set to Manual because Auto does not allow the X-Fi to function at all (atm there's a bit of static that picks-up when CPU/GPU activity picks-up; I'm sure my GPU is suffering from this IRQ conflict as well, but it is doing so less visibly). However, if I go in and actually try to modify any IRQ's, it only allows me to modify slots 1-15 and only allows me to set those slots to either PCI or Reserved... Not very useful...
So... any ideas on how to fix this mess?
Ok, no problem, right? That's what BIOS are for, eh? Well, I'm using the latest BIOS for my A8N-SLI mobo, and I restart the computer and trudge into them. I have the IRQ's set to Manual because Auto does not allow the X-Fi to function at all (atm there's a bit of static that picks-up when CPU/GPU activity picks-up; I'm sure my GPU is suffering from this IRQ conflict as well, but it is doing so less visibly). However, if I go in and actually try to modify any IRQ's, it only allows me to modify slots 1-15 and only allows me to set those slots to either PCI or Reserved... Not very useful...
So... any ideas on how to fix this mess?