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P4c800e
AIW9800 pro in agp slot
I have 5 pci cards
1) Pinnacle Editing card
2) ATI hdtv Wonder
3) Hauppaugue TV card
4) Adaptec duo connect usb/firewire card
5) Zoom pci voice modem
Is there a perfect order that these should be configured to the MB to
maximize effectiveness?
TIA
Jeff
The OS you use will be big determing factor in how sensitive card
placement will be. It should not be a big issue with XP. I would
check to see which devices require an IRQ and then use the IRQ map on
page 2-15 of the manual as a guide to avoiding conflicts. As an
example, I wanted my soundcard to have an exclusive assignment
(probably wasn't necessary but since it was possible, why not...) so I
put it in slot 5 and left slot 1 empty. Since those two slots share
with each other and no onboard devices, it is exclusive. Aside from
slots 1 and 5 all the other slots share with at least one onboard
device. I do not use the onboard 1394 device, so I disabled that in
the bios and that left slot 4 open for exclusive assignment should I
need it. I also disabled the onboard LAN due to a driver conflict
with my firewall during OS loading and dropped in a PCI lan card into
slot 2 (which shared resources with the onboard LAN) to assure no
conflict.
It looks like you are heavy into video capture/editing and that stuff
is pretty fussy, but the short answer is, if you are not having any
problems, leave it the way it is!
Good luck,
Ender
