soundcard IRQ problem

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I'm trying to get my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard to work on a new
computer. It's plugged into nvidia KN9 motherboard into one of two PCI
slots.
If I try to install drivers, I get BSOD and I have to use a System Restore
Point to get things back to normal. I know the driver is OK, as I used the
same one on old computer.
Every time Windows XP boot, a new error shows up in Event Viewer in Computer
Management:

"IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 10,
function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance."

So I've checked the BIOS settings and it allows me to change IRQ 10 to "PCI"
or "Reserved". I've tried both settings and still the same error occures.

Can somebody explain what's the problem and how to solve this?

Thanks
Josip
 
Josip said:
I'm trying to get my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard to work on a new
computer. It's plugged into nvidia KN9 motherboard into one of two PCI
slots.
If I try to install drivers, I get BSOD and I have to use a System Restore
Point to get things back to normal. I know the driver is OK, as I used the
same one on old computer.
Every time Windows XP boot, a new error shows up in Event Viewer in
Computer Management:

"IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 10,
function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance."

So I've checked the BIOS settings and it allows me to change IRQ 10 to
"PCI" or "Reserved". I've tried both settings and still the same error
occures.

Can somebody explain what's the problem and how to solve this?
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Uninstall the driver/s.(in Device Manager)
Switch off.
Unplug/Replug the Soundblaster.
Restart the machine, and XP should find new hardware.
Give it the drivers.
See what, if any errors, you get along the way.

bw..
 
Uninstall the driver/s.(in Device Manager)
Switch off.
Unplug/Replug the Soundblaster.
Restart the machine, and XP should find new hardware.
Give it the drivers.
See what, if any errors, you get along the way.

bw..
Click to expand...

First of all thanks for a fast reply. Nevertheless, your generic solution
doesn't work for me.
Windows XP has drivers for SB Live! and they work as expected. Creative
drivers have seperate install.
When installation finishes, I'm asked to reboot. Then, while Windows are
booting, BSOD appears and I have to reset.
Ofcourse, only Creative drivers are useful as Windows drivers for SB Live!
offer no control over soundcard.

Josip
 
Josip said:
First of all thanks for a fast reply. Nevertheless, your generic solution
doesn't work for me.
Windows XP has drivers for SB Live! and they work as expected. Creative
drivers have seperate install.
When installation finishes, I'm asked to reboot. Then, while Windows are
booting, BSOD appears and I have to reset.
Ofcourse, only Creative drivers are useful as Windows drivers for SB Live!
offer no control over soundcard.
Click to expand...
No error msg on the BSOD ?.
I ran a Soundblaster Platinum on my XP for 2 years with
no problems, but..
I downloaded a package from Compaq to get complete
control over the card. (no I didn`t have a Compaq !).

Check you Event viewer to see if any errors show up,
to point you in the right direction.
And try the card in the other slot. (swap cards if necessary).

bw..
 
Josip said:
I'm trying to get my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard to work on a new
computer. It's plugged into nvidia KN9 motherboard into one of two PCI
slots.
If I try to install drivers, I get BSOD and I have to use a System Restore
Point to get things back to normal. I know the driver is OK, as I used the
same one on old computer.
Every time Windows XP boot, a new error shows up in Event Viewer in Computer
Management:

"IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 10,
function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance."

So I've checked the BIOS settings and it allows me to change IRQ 10 to "PCI"
or "Reserved". I've tried both settings and still the same error occures.

Can somebody explain what's the problem and how to solve this?

Thanks
Josip
Click to expand...


Try putting the card in the other PCI slot...
or look in the bios to make sure IRQ's are assigned automatically...
some mobo's actually have manual settings.

also...the bios should be set for plug&play OS
 
Check you Event viewer to see if any errors show up,
to point you in the right direction.
And try the card in the other slot. (swap cards if necessary).
Click to expand...

I'm using windows dirvers for now, but I would really like to get Creative
drivers to work. The funny thing is that SB Live! now uses IRQ 11 and Event
Viewer still comes up with the same message:

IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 10,
function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.

I've already tried to swap modem and SB Live! (before the swap, the above
message read "PCI slot 9"). Modem works fine in both slots.

Josip
 
Try putting the card in the other PCI slot...
or look in the bios to make sure IRQ's are assigned automatically...
some mobo's actually have manual settings.

also...the bios should be set for plug&play OS
Click to expand...

Yes, I'll check BIOS settings again. How many IRQs are there and how are
they assigned?

Josip
 
Josip said:
Yes, I'll check BIOS settings again. How many IRQs are there and how are
they assigned?

Josip
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initially there were 15 hardware IRQs but recent versions of Windows like XP
create 'virtual' IRQs because 15 were found to be insufficent for the number
of devices that can be installed in a PC.

I suggest you uninstall and remove both the modem and sound card.

Boot up the PC and press 'Delete' to enter the Bios screens. Find and
disable unused Ports like the Parallel port and Serial ports - this will
free up a couple of IRQs. Then save the new settings and exit. Switch off
the PC and install the Sound card first - boot up and install drivers.
Shutdown and fit the modem card then boot up and install drivers.

If you still get problems you may need to reinstall Windows with a Standard
HAL - without using ACPI. This is sometimes done to work around IRQ sharing
problems.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314068
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299340/
 
initially there were 15 hardware IRQs but recent versions of Windows like
XP create 'virtual' IRQs because 15 were found to be insufficent for the
number of devices that can be installed in a PC.

I suggest you uninstall and remove both the modem and sound card.

Boot up the PC and press 'Delete' to enter the Bios screens. Find and
disable unused Ports like the Parallel port and Serial ports - this will
free up a couple of IRQs. Then save the new settings and exit. Switch off
the PC and install the Sound card first - boot up and install drivers.
Shutdown and fit the modem card then boot up and install drivers.

If you still get problems you may need to reinstall Windows with a
Standard HAL - without using ACPI. This is sometimes done to work around
IRQ sharing problems.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314068
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299340/
Click to expand...

Thanks alot for sharing this. Even if it doesn't work, at least I've learnt
something.

Josip
 
I suggest you uninstall and remove both the modem and sound card.
Boot up the PC and press 'Delete' to enter the Bios screens. Find and
disable unused Ports like the Parallel port and Serial ports - this will
free up a couple of IRQs. Then save the new settings and exit. Switch off
the PC and install the Sound card first - boot up and install drivers.
Shutdown and fit the modem card then boot up and install drivers.

If you still get problems you may need to reinstall Windows with a
Standard HAL - without using ACPI. This is sometimes done to work around
IRQ sharing problems.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314068
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299340/
Click to expand...

I've tried everything here short of reinstalling Windows. I still got BSOD
when trying to install soundcard, and when I disabled it I couldn't use
modem. It reported that not enough resources are available. I had to take
soundcard out, boot windows, plug soundcard back in and boot again to
restore everything. Anyway, I quit. It's not worth the trouble.

Josip
 
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