On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, William Wise wrote:
> I have a new Dell, an Adaptec 2940UW, and a RIVA128. Guess what. Doesn't
> work...apparently...
>
> 1) The STB Riva128 is hard-wired to IRQ 9
> 2) The Adaptec has nojumpers; BIOS controlled IRQ setting.
> 3) Dell BIOS sets this to 9 as well.
> 4) Dell BIOS won't allow me to over-ride its auto-assignment.
> 5) SUSE XServer does like this.
>
> Conclusion: I'm screwed unless someone knows a way to fix this. And I
> thought plug-and-play was supposed to make life a little easier... (sigh)
to the other replier to this message: YES its true, the new Dells dont
let you fuss with IRQ assignments.
now to the point: i had a nearly identical problem w/ my Dell. my NIC
and video were sharing an IRQ. i thought i was screwed. then i tried
simply moving the NIC to a different PCI slot. guess what? it was given
a different IRQ by the BIOS!
now my Dell works fine.
give it a try.
-matt
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