Win 2000 pro and IRQ Sharing

[chewie1012]

This is a problem I have learned to live with but would like to fix. I have a dual boot system with win 98 and win 2000 pro. In win2k I am unable to watch dvd's they play very choppy. Also I am unable to watch tv with my ati all in wonder card on win2k. Creative labs has told me the problem is the fact that all of my devices just about are on irq 11. I have a 32 mb ati all in wonder card. A creative labs pcdvd encore 12x 40 dvd player with decoder card. In device manager my video card is listed as pci even though it is agp. Is this normal? These devices share irq 11 video card, modem,nic,scsi,sound,dvd decoder. I feel as though something is left undone. I hate it when everything is not working. I have this incredible system and only two things are not functioning properly. I should let you know also that in the device manager it shows everything working properly.

 

[brianF]

It's normal for the irq's to be on 11, sorry to say, win2k is suppose to be able to handle them that way. the only way to change them is to disable acpi in bios but you may have to reformat and reinstall if you do it so I don't advise it.

The card should be shown as agp, not pci. You better do some research at ati, generally they tell you to reinstall your agp drivers, etc. If it's functioning as pci it would really slow you down rather than agp

 

[chewie1012]

this is how it is listed
(pci) 11 ati all in wonder 128 pro ultra agp. So do you think it is functioning as an agp or a pci? I am leaving for work I will get back to you tommorow.
Thanks
Jerry

 

[brianF]

Too bad, pcilist doesn't work with 2k but you can download powerstrip and it will give you your agp settings. I just tried it on mine and it showed my agp card, etc.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm

 

[crjdriver]

You can disable apci from within windows if you so choose. Here is how this can be acomplished [note you may cause more problems than you solve]

Under Windows 2000 you can disable ACPI from within Windows as follows:

Go to Device Manager and select Computer -> Properties of ACPI PC
Click the driver Tab and choose Update Driver
When the wizard gets to the "What do you want the wizard to do?" page select "Display a list of the known drivers..."
Then "Show all hardware of this device class"
Then select "Standard PC"
Reboot the machine
When Windows 2000 restarts it'll redetect most of the hardware in your machine again and reassign IRQ's to them, turning off ACPI.
Note: If you installed Windows with ACPI enabled in the BIOS, and then you disable ACPI using the BIOS, you may need to do a fresh install of Windows!

 

[chewie1012]

BrianF
Here is what powerstrip said about my video card. Maybe this will be of some help. You know those little pictures we can have. Right now mine is the millenium falcon. Well I really need a Chewbacca picture. Maybe you can pass it on to those in charge. Thanks
Diagnostic report - generated on 10/27/2001
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PowerStrip build - 201
Windows build - v.5.0.2195.2.Service Pack 2
DirectX build - v.5.1.2258.400 built by: Lab06_N(mmbuild)
OpenGL renderer - (n/a)

System board
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CPU speed - 951 MHz
Type - VIA 8371-686A-6A6LKA1AC-RX
BIOS - Award Bios, 04/21/2000
AGP aperture - 64 MB
AGP transfer mechanism - Disabled
AGP non-local memory - (n/a)
AGP driving value - ECh (N-ctrl=14, P-ctrl=12)
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - (n/a)
Sideband addressing - hardware support, but currently disabled
Fast write protocol - (n/a)
AGP texturing - (n/a)

Graphics card #1
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Identity - All-In-Wonder 128 Pro Ultra AGP
Memory clock - 146.40 MHz
Engine clock - 146.40 MHz
IRQ - 11, shared
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - (n/a)
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Display driver - ati2dvaa.dll, v.5.13.01.219
DirectX driver - ati2dvaa.dll, v.5.13.01.219
Attached monitor - Default Monitor (Microsoft)
Monitor caps (1) - 1600x1200, 75kHz, 85Hz

Device enumeration
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All-In-Wonder 128 Pro Ultra AGP (54461002h) - using IRQ11
VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (03911106h)
VIA PCI-to-PCI/AGP bridge (83911106h)
VIA PCI-to-ISA bridge (06861106h)
VIA IDE controller (05711106h)
VIA Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ11
VIA Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ11
VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (30571106h)
Initio SCSI controller (94001101h) - using IRQ11
US Robotics Communication device (100712B9h) - using IRQ11
Sigma Designs Multimedia device (83001105h) - using IRQ11
Kingston Tech Ethernet controller (000211ADh) - using IRQ11
Creative Labs Audio device (00021102h) - using IRQ11
Creative Labs Input controller (70021102h)

 

[brianF]

ATI's faq on agp

http://support.ati.com/faq/agp_chipset_drivers.html

 

[chewie1012]

So does this tell you my agp is not working?

 

[chewie1012]

Brian<
Do you suggest I install the via 4 in 1 service pack. Will this mess everything up? Will I need to reformat? It seems like the video is working fine except in the dvd player and that is only in win2k On this dual boot system I can watch dvd's on win98. I just need to close all programs running in the background.
Thanks
Jerry

 

[brianF]

According to powerstrip your agp is disabled.

Up to you but I generally notice users update the 4 in 1 drivers alot without any real problems.

 

[chewie1012]

Like for me I have Norton Ghost. I think I will make an image of my drive. That way if it screws up I can just restore it.

 

[chewie1012]

BrianF,
Have you ever been hugged by a wookie? Well I installed the via 4 in 1 drivers. Now I have a dvd player that works in both operating systems. Woo Hoo What a great feeling it is to finally put this issue to rest. I have worked on this on and off for six months. You Da Man. Thank you very much. Here is my new and improved diagnostic report.
Diagnostic report - generated on 10/27/2001
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PowerStrip build - 201
Windows build - v.5.0.2195.2.Service Pack 2
DirectX build - v.5.1.2258.400 built by: Lab06_N(mmbuild)
OpenGL renderer - (n/a)

System board
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CPU speed - 951 MHz
Type - VIA 8371-686A-6A6LKA1AC-RX
BIOS - Award Bios, 04/21/2000
AGP aperture - 64 MB
AGP transfer mechanism - DMA
AGP non-local memory - 1.0 MB
AGP driving value - ECh (N-ctrl=14, P-ctrl=12)
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - 4x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Fast write protocol - (n/a)
AGP texturing - Enabled

Graphics card #1
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Identity - All-In-Wonder 128 Pro Ultra AGP
Memory clock - 146.40 MHz
Engine clock - 146.40 MHz
IRQ - 11, shared
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - 4x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Display driver - ati2dvaa.dll, v.5.13.01.219
DirectX driver - ati2dvaa.dll, v.5.13.01.219
Attached monitor - Default Monitor (Microsoft)
Monitor caps (1) - 1600x1200, 75kHz, 85Hz

Device enumeration
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All-In-Wonder 128 Pro Ultra AGP (54461002h) - using IRQ11
VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (03911106h)
VIA PCI-to-PCI/AGP bridge (83911106h)
VIA PCI-to-ISA bridge (06861106h)
VIA IDE controller (05711106h)
VIA Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ11
VIA Universal serial bus (USB) (30381106h) - using IRQ11
VIA CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (30571106h)
Initio SCSI controller (94001101h) - using IRQ11
US Robotics Communication device (100712B9h) - using IRQ11
Sigma Designs Multimedia device (83001105h) - using IRQ11
Kingston Tech Ethernet controller (000211ADh) - using IRQ11
Creative Labs Audio device (00021102h) - using IRQ11
Creative Labs Input controller (70021102h)