Owner`s manual

Reconfiguring an IRQ within Windows 98/Me - PCI

Now that you have identified the offending card and the IRQ in contention, you

will want to try to reconfigure its IRQ setting. To do this, you must open the

Device Manager. Select Start – Settings – Control Panel – System, and click the

Device Manager tab. Find the entry for the PCI card that is causing the problem,

highlight it, and click the Properties button. In the properties window that

appears, select the Resources tab. Make sure that “Use automatic settings” is

unchecked, highlight “Interrupt Request,” and click the Change Setting button.

Some cards will allow you to change the IRQ setting at this point, while others

will give you a message saying, “This resource setting cannot be modified.” If

you are allowed to change the IRQ, a window will appear that lets you choose

from several different values. Scroll through the different values until you find

one that says, “No devices are conflicting.” Choose that one and keep selecting

OK until Device Manager is closed, then restart Windows.

If you are unable to reconfigure the IRQ and you have a free PCI slot, you may

want to try moving your Echo card or the offending card to a different slot. Make

sure your computer is off first, and follow the safety instructions in this manual for

hardware installation. Sometimes this can help, because Windows will assign a

different IRQ depending on which slot the PCI card is in.

Hopefully, your system will now be functioning properly. If not, please refer to the

“Contacting Customer Service” section of this manual. We’ll do our best to help

you solve your problem.