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Old 09-09-2006, 12:00 PM   #1
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Changing IRQ's Windows XP

I am still trying to track down a problem I am having with my PC.

Apparently the BSOD I am receiveing may be caused by a device attempting to release memory that is already free. I am told this may be caused by certain devices sharing IRQ levels.

How do I go about determining if this is the case and if so making amendments to the IRQ levels?

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Old 09-09-2006, 12:38 PM   #2
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Have you already tested your RAM with Memtest86+?

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Old 09-09-2006, 01:09 PM   #3
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With ACPI and APIC and WinXP, IRQ problems are a thing of the past and they can't be changed except by moving cards to different slots.
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Hi Cricket...MemTest86+ runs all the tests right to the end every time so I'm pretty confident it's not a memory issue.

Cheers glc...I've looked into ACPI etc etc and I now understand how the IRQ settings work in XP. I've moved my (suspected) troublesome hardware into a different PCI slot to see if that gets me anywhere.

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