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11-01-2001, 09:48 AM
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Game locks up on the internet
I have a weird problem that I am not sure what might be causing it.
When I play Delta Force, Land Warrior on my machine it works just fine. However, when I log on to the online game section and try to jump into a game it locks up. The online gaming works fine until I pick a game that I want to join and then it locks up. I tried to get into a number of different game and no luck. I just built a new machine and the game and online gaming all worked on the old machine. I have no idea weather this is a driver problem, internet connection problem or what. Can anyone maybe shed some light on just what my be causing the problem? I have a Gigabyte GA-7DX mobo, AMD 1.4 T-bird, GeForce2 MX 400 video card and a Diamond 56k Supra modem. 
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11-01-2001, 10:47 AM
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Which Supra?
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11-01-2001, 01:03 PM
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Sorry,
SupraMax 56K V.90 PCI |
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11-01-2001, 05:17 PM
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Controllerless Winmodem. You need an external *serial* (not USB) modem for really effective online gaming with no toll on the CPU.
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11-01-2001, 07:22 PM
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So my current modem won't work?
If not, any recomendations for a modem? |
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11-02-2001, 01:52 AM
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Your current modem should *work* but it's not ideal. You need a hardware based modem, get a Supra Express 56e external serial or a US Robotics 5686 external serial. You are most likely having an IRQ sharing issue with the modem and other devices, an external serial will be all alone on the com port.
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11-02-2001, 05:33 AM
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Actually you were right. My modem and Video card are sharing IRQ 11. Is there anyway I can fix this? Can I force one of them to use an open IRQ or another one?
I have Com2 on IRQ 3, but I don not use this port. I think I remember something about modems being able to use IRQ 3. Can I turn off the com2 port in the bios and let the modem use IRQ 3? If so how do I force the modem to use IRQ 3? |
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11-02-2001, 09:52 AM
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Let me guess - the modem is in the first PCI slot under the video card? That slot shares IRQ with the AGP slot. Remove all com ports from device manager, uninstall the modem and all its software, move the modem to a different slot, reboot and disable Com2 in bios and see where the modem winds up when you reinstall it.
If you are serious about your online gaming, you should still get a true hardware modem. |
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11-02-2001, 10:13 AM
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I am not a real serious online gamer. I only play once a week with a friend who lives out of town. It is how we stay in touch.
Also I just bought the Supra modem about a month and a half ago and don't really want to spend the money to get a new one right at this moment. However if I can find someone I know that needs a new modem I will sell it to them and get a external modem. However now that you mentioned it my modem is in the slot under the video card and I forgot they share the same IRQ. I will try and move it and see if that helps. Thank you for all your help. Much appreciated. 
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11-02-2001, 04:42 PM
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glc,
I have a question. I looked and my modem card and actually it was not in the slot next to the video card. It is in the slot that is second from the bottom or the fourth one from the video card. Anyway, what I did was remove com 1 and com 2 from the device manager, and turn off com 2 in the bios. Then I removed the modem software and rebooted the computer to reinstall the modem. After this was done it still placed the modem with IRQ 11. Com 1 was there but not com 2 and the modem was at IRQ 11. Is there anyway to control where the modem is installed. Can you reserve an IRQ for it? Otherwise I can't get the modem to install anywhere but IRQ 11. |
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11-02-2001, 07:03 PM
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Hi Penguin,
I'm not familiar with your motherboard, but some motherboards allow you assign IRQs to specific PCI slots. You do this from BIOS/CMOS Setup Utility (PNP/PCI Configuration). Try to install your modem in PCI slot 2, 3 or 4 (I think these correspond to INT B,C and D in the BIOS) and see if you can assign IRQ 3 to the slot your modem is in (INT B, C or D). Watch to see if any of the INT entries share resources with any other device (highlight the INT assignment and look in the Item Help box to see if another device other than the modem is listed. You'll want to get the modem in a PCI slot that doesn't share resources with anything other device. Cricket
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11-03-2001, 12:01 PM
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If ACPI is controlling things, you will have no manual control over IRQ assignments. If you have Win9x/ME you can turn off ACPI in the bios and set "plug and play OS" to NO and get some control back.
This is not just an issue with Winmodems - it's an issue with ALL PCI modems, which is why I don't like them. |
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