reinstalling a fax modem

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I have two open pci slots in my computer. I need to do
some faxing, so I brought out the old internal fax modem.
However, when I put it in either of the available slots
and reboot, I get a black screen at bootup. I haven't
messed with this stuff much in a few years, but I believe
that indicates an IRQ conflict. Should I bother to try to
resolve the conflict or am I maxed out? Where to start?
Any guidance would be appreciated!
 
Shep said:
I have two open pci slots in my computer. I need to do
some faxing, so I brought out the old internal fax modem.
However, when I put it in either of the available slots
and reboot, I get a black screen at bootup. I haven't
messed with this stuff much in a few years, but I believe
that indicates an IRQ conflict. Should I bother to try to
resolve the conflict or am I maxed out? Where to start?
Any guidance would be appreciated!
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One possibility is that your fax modem can't share an IRQ
with another device. Look in your mainboard manual to find
out which pci slots are assigned unique IRQ's and which
share an IRQ with other cards. Then rearrange your PCI cards
and put your fax modem in a slot that has a unique IRQ. Also,
your fax modem may require a "bus mastering" slot, but that's
probably not the problem -- I've never heard of a mainboard
that has any non bus mastering pci slots.

-- Bob Day
 
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