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Date:      Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:58:19 -0400
From:      Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>
To:        Steve Frank <sfnk@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CMedia CMI8738 problem
Message-ID:  <20010727155819.A46549@nc.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <000501c116af$1c7e1f40$6717aec7@sc.ti.com>; from sfnk@ix.netcom.com on Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 10:16:28AM -0500
References:  <200107260104.f6Q14I000407@mule.aciri.org> <001401c11590$5f5a1e60$0210aec7@sc.ti.com> <20010726163716.C29204@nc.rr.com> <000501c116af$1c7e1f40$6717aec7@sc.ti.com>

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Steve Frank:
 |Randall Hopper:
 |> Another thought.  Do any of your PCI cards not use an interrupt?
 |> E.g. most video cards fall in this category I believe.  If so, and if
 |> your motherboard is like mine in that it has an affinity for assigning
 |> certain IRQs to certain slots, maybe you can arrange to have the
 |> soundcard "share" an IRQ with a device that is assigned one but really
 |> doesn't need it.
 |
 |That did the trick!  I moved the modem to another PCI slot and the BIOS
 |redistributed the IRQs in such a way as to remove the conflict.  The modem
 |is on IRQ 5 and the sound chip is on IRQ 11 now and lo and behold,  no
 |errors!
 |
 |Thanks for your help!

Glad it worked for you, and without chucking any cards!

Randall

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Randall Hopper
aa8vb@nc.rr.com

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