Reassigning IRQ's

[Bob]

Need to reassign my onboard sound IRQ. But that option is
greyed out in the device manager. I am logged on as the
administrator. How do I set the machine to give me all
access?

 

[Cari MS-MVP]

Generally you cannot unless you change ACPI to Standard PC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314068

What appears to be the problem with it at the moment?

Cari
www.coribright.com

 

[Bob Harris]

I do not think XP supports re-assigning IRQs.

However, you can often achieve a re-assignment by powering
off and changing the order of the boards in the PCI slots.

Also, the BIOS of some motherboards have a provision for
IRQ assignment. My ASUS P4S8X manual discussed the
possibilities, but fortunately the defaults worked fine,
so I left them alone. Consult your motherboard manual.

Finally, XP can support more than 15 IRQs. If supported
by the motherboard, XP should have automatically detected
this and installed the appropriate HAL. (Check your
motherboard manual.) If not, you can force the correct
choice during the XP installation by hitting F5 (not F6)
early in the installation process. I do not think you can
change this sort of thing after XP is installed, without
doing something damatic, like a repair installation. Even
that may not be enough.

 

[Bob]

My problem is that my video card and onboard sound share
irq 10. Which cuases some choppyness during game play.