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by danky357 Feb 18, 2002 last reply May 19, 2002

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how do i manually set the irq addresses in windows xp. i am not able to select the option to do so. i have already tried the windows help and support section. i have already set the motherboard in bios to seperate irq's.

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by danky357 Feb 18, 2002

any other tips about xp would be more than welcomed. my startup is very slow i have 7 requests on one irq. so any help is welcomed thank you very much

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by dmiles Feb 18, 2002

You can check the Resources by clicking on Start->Steetings,in the Control Panel click on the System icon and then at the Top of Device Manager is Computer,highlight and select properties and you will be able to view the resource settings

by danky357 May 19, 2002

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by thechas Feb 18, 2002

In a word, you can't.
In fact, you may have noticed that XP re-asigns the IRQs that you set in BIOS settings.

MS also recommends that you set the switch for plug and play OS to no!

MS is confident that their driver management will take care of IRQ and other device conflicts. I am not so sure myself.

I would be surprised if your slow boot is related to shared IRQs.
It is either a software, or hardware issue.
My XP system boots in about 1/2 the time of my W98 system with similar hardware. The XP system does have fewer tray programs though.

There is good info and hints for XP at;
www.aumha.org
www.onecomputerguy.com
www.tweakxp.com
www.xp-erience.org
www.firefox34.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
www.winxp2.tripod.com

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