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Shane:
Changing the irq is the first thing I would do. Since it is being shared, depending on the motherboard, some of an option in the bios where it asks if the OS is plug and play, default setting is No. Which means the bios handles the irq. But if you put it to yes then windows will control the irq and should allow you to change it within windows.

What motherboard do you have in the system? Is it a store bought machine or custom built? (Custom built, home motherboards normally give you all those options, while store bought machines a lot of times are lacking severely with options in the bios)

Shane

HDCOUNTRYGUY:
HI SHANE,

Welcome back.  My motherboard is an Asus a8v-x, i recently assembled this machine although i have been buying parts for it for about 5 years so its new to me with about 5 yo parts except the sound card which i just bought in Aug Audigy Rx.  In July I bought the wrong board Audigy Fx.  So, i was thinking that the IRQ could be the problem but i wasn't able to edit it.  I will go into the bios and see if plug n play is no or yes and switch it if necessary to allow the adjustment.  Based on the IRQ list i provided with this thread is there a particular address you would choose?  I am happy with all the hellp i have been getting and learning as i go.  This site is an awesome resource.  Thank you!

Regards,
H-D

Shane:
Any free irq will be fine, just one that isnt in use.

I checked and is this your board?
http://www.asus.com/supportonly/A8V-X/HelpDesk_Download/

If so it is 9 years old, I wanted you to updated the bios to make sure you have the latest version as well and it has a date of 2006 :wink:

See if you have bios version  A8V-X BIOS 0703 (Let me know if you have the A8V-XE instead just in case, there was that model as well)

Shane

HDCOUNTRYGUY:
shane,

it was on yes and i switched to no made no difference still not able to toggle the choice to change the IRQ in device manager.  I guess i'll put it back to yes since this was the suggestion you made to allow the manipulation of the IRQ; either way it doesn't allow me to unselect the check mark.  I have tried to uninstall and reintall this software several times, now it recognizes there is a sb sound card and confirms the correct drive is installed and i get nothing even during the windows greeting after reboot.

btw, i have attached a screen shot of my system info and it seems i have the latest version of bios.

from the box for the mother board i have this information for you:

a8v-x-eayz

p/n  90-m9logk-goeayz

s/n  73moac91631

i cannot verify a mfg. date.

if you suggest a better sound card that will work with my system i will buy it.  i am using the pci-e slot for this sb and only have 2 pci-e slots and have tried both of them same results.  i will be happy to try any further remedies you may think of.

1 more thing i have thought of, this sytsem doesn't allow me to install dotnetfx 1.1; not sure if that would contribute to this issue, just thought you should know.

thank again!

Shane:
Lots of post so I might of missed it, but you made sure to disable the onboard sound in the bios correct?

Shane

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