P4C800 Deluxe and DVRexRT: which slot? help!

[Fogar]

Hi,
I'm building a new PC with P4C800 Deluxe motherboard and DVRex RT.
I went to Canopus Forum and I saw everyone use the slot 1 and 3 of the
motherboard for the RT and DVRex cards.
My technician tells me he cannot put the RT card in the slot 1 because
it stays too much next to the video card (there is the squanderer of
heat). He wants to put the RT card in the slot 4 and the M1 in the
slot 5 of the motherboard.
Will it be the same thing or will I have some problems?
Does anyone know if the fourth and fifth PCI slots share IRQ?
I cannot read the manual because I haven't ot.
thanks very much Fogar

 

[Fogar]

I have downloaded the manual but me I am not a technician and I have
not understood. Then English isn't my mother language.
I'm sorry.

 

[jdc1]

You might want to ask here. It's an Asus forum that is very populated.
http://www.asusboards.com/
Go to the Intel Chipset forum of that site. Ask there and someone will
help.

jdc1

 

[Fogar]

Hi,
does RT2500 consist of two cards or one?
Slot 1 is one and the other for RT?
thanks

 

[JxD]

I think the IRQ sharing is as follow:

PCI 1 share with PCI 5
PCI 2 share with onboard LAN
PCI 3 share with USB2.0 + onboard SATA
PCI 4 share with onboard firewire.

Best to use PCI slot 3-4

I think it is dependent on the operating system you use. With windows XP,
you shouldn't have any problem with IRQ sharing. Also, if you are using
RAID, the performance may be affected.

Hope this help

JxD

 

[Fogar]

I have two cards. M1 and RT.

One card only. Does DVRexRT come with 2 cards? What PCI peripherals do you
have?

 

[Fogar]

Therefore I can disable onboard LAN and to use the opened Slot 2 for
RT card. What other things can I disable for M1 card, please?
I have CD-Rom and CD-Recorder in my PC
tanks Fogar.

 

[Godwin Ho]

Try this: put the RT in Slot 5 and the M1 in Slot 4. Slot 4 is sharing with
the on board 1394 and should be able to share an IRQ with most devices
without conflict.

Hope this helps.

 

[Fogar]

I'm sorry but I don't understand. What do you mean for "on-board
sound" and for "Just keep the other slots
clear"?
Have I not to put anything in the other slots?