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IRQ Conflicts in Win 98 SE

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by pauldhenderson

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How can I manually set IRQ's? I've tried turning off plug and play, and reserving the IRQ, but the system still assigns IRQ's. I have a ISA/Legacy SCSI controller that needs to be assigned to IRQ 11.

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by poettone

I would make sure that in the bios you are setting up the configurations correctly. Try using the NO option for a plug and play system. Also another option is to assign your irq for your scsi card. If the card has a jumper most legacy cards do have make sure its 11. Then in the properties for the card there should be a settings tab. Enter Q11 in the extra settings box. This will instruct the system to use irq 11 for that card. No if you have another device thats also trying to use the irq 11 you will have to reconfigure that seperatly. Hope this helps

by pauldhenderson

There are no jumpersw or switches on the card. Adaptec saya it is set for IRQ 11. I can not find any way to assign IRQ 11 to the card in Windows 98 SE. Dell support tells me it is not their problem!! So much for the best rated.

by rockyolson

Hi well you could go to programs accessories then sys info find out what is using irq 11,(on my machine it's usb) and go to device manager and try to reasign there. Then if that will not work either disable it or perhaps you can reasign it in bios. Hope this works for you ;)

by berserker

Maybe you could try to free up IRQ 11 which is normally taken by the AGP graphic by disabling the Assign IRQ for VGA in the BIOS option or disable USB support in the BIOS.

by maxwell edison

Greetings,

You can manually assign the IRQ for each device in the system BIOS. In addition, each device may have a jumper setting and/or software setting to allow manual setting of the IRQ ans disabling the plug-and-play.

Maxwell

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